At the edge of the Arctic, Iceland stands on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Its seas are warming, its glaciers are retreating, and its geology makes it one of the first places to register planetary change.
But here, geography is not just an early warning system. It is also a testing ground.
In this episode of NexTech, we travel across Iceland to see how the country is using both ocean and land to respond to a warming world. At the Iceland Ocean Cluster, circular thinking is reshaping the blue economy, turning what was once treated as waste into new products and industries. At ON Power’s Geothermal Park, byproducts from energy production are being reimagined as inputs for new forms of value.
We also explore how Iceland is becoming a hub for carbon removal. At Climeworks, direct air capture machines pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using low carbon geothermal energy. That captured CO2 is then mixed with water and sent underground by Carbfix, where it reacts with basaltic rock and turns into stone in less than two years.
What emerges is not a single solution, but a broader system where geology, innovation, and urgency intersect. In Iceland, climate action is already being tested at scale.
