Climate-change mitigation and adaptation present not only a formidable societal challenge; they also offer huge innovation and business opportunities. Our vision is

to lead the world toward low-carbon prosperity – Climate-KIC will help innovators capitalise on new business opportunities driven by Europe’s first mover response to climate change.

to create an emerging climate-change innovation space – Climate-KIC will build the critical mass and forge alliances among existing businesses and new businesses with the aim of creating partnerships that jointly cover all elements of emerging value chains.

to capitalise on public-private synergies to induce innovation – Climate-KIC will help governments and public agencies to develop effective policy frameworks and to pioneer early introduction of climate change products and services in collaboration with the private sector.

Climate-KIC designs its activities around four high-level themes targeting four integrated value propositions. These form the basis of our mission:

• creating promising new collaborations and pioneering new value-chain configurations;
• attracting and developing future climate entrepreneurs and climate change agents;
• building platforms to connect and support the wider climate entrepreneurship community;
• creating new pathways to low-carbon prosperity by fostering the conditions for ongoing innovation.

To meet the climate challenge and deliver innovative business and technology solutions, Climate-KIC initiates creative partnerships between dynamic companies from Europe, the best European academic institutions and the public sector. 

Launched in December 2009 just one week after the 15^th session of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Copenhagen, Climate-KIC is now well established with five Climate-KIC national centres in Paris (France), London (UK), Zurich (Switzerland), Berlin (Germany), and the Randstad area (The Netherlands), and a centre in Brussels (Belgium) which coordinates the six regional implementation and innovation communities.