The French consortium, coordinated by Saclay Scientific Foundation, has partners from the academic, public and corporate world. Research centres and universities include: UVSQ is among the best educational institutions in France, with a strong focus on mitigation, adaptation, and eco- technologies; CEA has a proven track record in innovation-oriented research, technology transfer to industry, and spin-off creation in areas such as energy, bio- and cleantech; INRA is the renowned research institute in agriculture, food and environment.
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PIK and GFZ, both ranked among the top geoscience institutes worldwide, together with the TUB and Forschungszentrum Jülich constitute the core academic partners of the German node. PIK links climate science to climate economics in a unique solution-driven way. Its director advises the European Commission president on climate and energy issues and represents German climate research in the Industry-Science Research Alliance of the German government, and its deputy director co-chairs the IPCC Working Group on Mitigation of Climate Change. The technical university TUB covers topics like low carbon energy and production, sustainable cities, mobility, and land use in research, education, and entrepreneurship support. GFZ offers unique expertise on earth system observation, flood risk analysis, carbon storage and geothermal technologies, and its director presides over the German Academy of Technical Sciences. As one of Europe's largest interdisciplinary research centres, Forschungszentrum Jülich works in the fields of energy and environment, information technology, and health with the purpose of building a foundation for future key technologies. 
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As the leading technical university in continental Europe, ETH Zurich’s strengths lie in engineering, architecture, mathematics, and system-oriented and natural sciences. ETH Zurich has longstanding expertise in all Climate-KIC areas including knowledge and technology transfer and spin-off creation. Energy and climate change are one of ETH Zurich’s strategic development areas.
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The Dutch consortium, coordinated by the Climate Innovations Foundation, has world leading expertise in climate mitigation and adaptation. It forms a strong innovation ecosystem built around science parks with universities, intermediate knowledge institutes, provinces and regions, and private partners. The consortium’s expertise is focused on interdisciplinary research into adaptation in urban deltas, low-carbon energy systems including bio-renewables and carbon capture and storage, and agriculture. In addition, it has significant research facilities and pilot areas in which innovation projects concerning water risks and low-carbon cities can be tested on large scale. 

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Ranked among the world's best universities, Imperial College London is a science-based institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching, research, entrepreneurship and technology transfer. With its affiliate partners, the College delivers climate change expertise across the innovation chain. The KIC will access these capabilities through world-class facilities such as the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, the Energy Futures Lab, the Centre for Transport Studies, and Silwood Park (ecosystem impacts and adaptation research).
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