About us

Climate-KIC is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) to drive innovation in the area of climate change adaptation and mitigation through integrated and creative partnerships between business, academic and public institutions. Launched in December 2009 just one week after the 15th session of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Copenhagen, Climate-KIC is now well established with coordination centres in Paris (France), London (UK), Zurich (Switzerland), Berlin (Germany) and Utrecht (The Netherlands), and a regional centre located in Brussels (Belgium).

Core business partners: Bayer, Beluga Shipping, Cisco, DSM, EDF, SAP, Schiphol Airport, Shell, Solar Valley, Thales

Academic partners: Imperial College (UK), French consortium led by IPSL-ParisTech, German consortium led by The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Dutch consortium led by Delft/Utrecht Universities, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Regional partners: Hessen (Germany), Valencia (Spain), Emilia Romagna (Italy), Lower Silesia (Poland), Central Hungary (Hungary), West Midlands (UK)

Our vision

Responding to the climate change challenge will require radical transformation in how we produce, distribute, and consume, in where and how we choose to live and travel, and in how we meet our requirements for energy, food, and water in the context of the environmental values we hold. The aim of Climate-KIC is to be at the forefront of this next "green" revolution, providing the research, innovation, and education needed to shape Europe's response to climate change. Our vision is "to make a step-change in Europe's innovation capacity to meet the climate change challenge".

Our objectives

Climate-KIC is a
Networker & Facilitator – Climate-KIC brings together Europe’s leading academic institutions and business partners to address climate change. This KIC aims to become one of the key vehicles by which Europe develops and accelerates its technological, business, and societal responses to this unprecedented challenge.

Innovator & Catalyst – Climate-KIC provides the vision, technologies, people, and partnerships required for Europe to make a step-change in its ability to mitigate and adapt. It creates new jobs, strengthen industrial and regional competitiveness, and catalyse the development of self-sustaining clusters of research and innovation excellence.

Integrator & Implementer – Climate-KIC equips the next generation of entrepreneurs and technologists with tools to work innovatively across sectoral boundaries, and provides continuous professional development for those already leading change.

Information Hub & Educator – Climate-KIC’s innovative business model provides the incentives and structures to enable its diverse members to collaboratively deliver this vision, in particular through a small number of geographically distinct co-location centres. Climate-KIC provides breadth and depth in knowledge, education, and innovation that no single company or institution can address, creating novel and strong business opportunities.