CLIMATE-KIC NEWS
Climathon 2020: Citizens across the globe are eager to contribute to a post-COVID sustainable recovery

Over 4,500 citizens from around the world will join forces and take action this week-end as part...

Climathon 2020: Citizens across the globe are eager to contribute to a post-COVID sustainable recovery
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EIT Climate-KIC selected to become a member of the European Circul...

EIT Climate-KIC circular economy expert, Cliona Howie, will join...

EIT Climate-KIC selected to become a member of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform
Opinion
AI and climate change: The promise, the perils and pillars for action
Eirini Malliaraki The Alan Turing Institute
AI and climate change: The promise, the perils and pillars for action
In Detail
System mapping of wood in construction uncovers key insights for land decarb...

The “Wood in Construction Systems Map,” developed by the University of Edinburgh, aims to uncover ways to increase the carbon benefits of wood fibre...

System mapping of wood in construction uncovers key insights for land decarbonisation
Innovation spotlight
Klimaatgerust helps local businesses make going green a perfect fit

EIT Climate-KIC partner Ecomatters’ non-profit initiative, Klimaatgerust, works with shops, catering, healthcare and service providers to reduce...

Klimaatgerust helps local businesses make going green a perfect fit
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Deep Demonstrations

The world needs inspiration and proof that inclusive, fast and large-scale change is possible to achieve net zero in time.
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Healthy, Clean Cities
Healthy, Clean Cities Fifteen cities across Europe are working with EIT Climate-KIC to accelerate their transitions towards carbon neutrality and climate resilience.
Healthy, Clean Cities
Resilient Regions
Resilient Regions We work with regions particularly exposed to climate impacts due to the make-up of their landscapes, economies and societies.
Resilient Regions
Landscapes as Carbon Sinks
Landscapes as Carbon Sinks We apply systems thinking to help turn a number of specific landscapes across Europe from carbon sources to carbon sinks.
Landscapes as Carbon Sinks
Long-termism
Long-termism We’re designing a demonstration to address short-term thinking (in finance and other areas of society) that prevents the 1.5C transition we need.
Long-termism
Climate-friendly Food Systems and Diets
Climate-friendly Food Systems and Diets Work with us to catalyse a shift towards a healthy food system that can feed future generations within planetary boundaries.
Climate-friendly Food Systems and Diets
Circular Regenerative Economies
Circular Regenerative Economies The government of Slovenia has articulated the ambitious and inspiring aim to become the world’s first fully circular national economy.
Circular Regenerative Economies
Resilient, Net-Zero-Emissions Maritime Hubs
Resilient, Net-Zero-Emissions Maritime Hubs We are working with ambitious ports and shipping industry leaders to create a circular, inclusive, net-zero-emissions maritime sector.
Resilient, Net-Zero-Emissions Maritime Hubs
Just Transformations
Just Transformations We’re working for democratic and inclusive transitions in regions still economically dependent on fossil fuels and polluting industries.
Just Transformations

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Request for information: Strategic Partnership in Entrepreneurial Investing

EIT Climate-KIC has set out to engage investment capital in service of its climate action strategy. 

We are looking for organisations willing to enter into a strategic partnership with us on building and developing investment capability, particularly around our entrepreneurial programmes, in order to mobilise capital for the most promising of climate innovations in our portfolio.

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CEE Community LAB announces new series of climate innovation events

Registration is now open for webinars in November covering climate-positive agriculture, green growth and reindustrialisation, energy efficiency and building trust.

The CEE Community LAB is an action-oriented network and co-creation ‘LAB’ that brings people from the public and private sectors together to address climate change challenges in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

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Partnering with EIT Climate-KIC on the New Accelerator

Over the last ten years, the EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator programme has supported over 2,000 start-ups in 32 locations across Europe.

The science shows that the climate emergency is even more urgent than we realised, and the need for systemic change in tackling it is even more pressing. We are therefore looking for new and existing EIT Climate-KIC partners to collaborate with us on our refocused New Accelerator programme.

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>€1.1bn capital raised in external investment by our start-ups
>1600 climate-positive companies incubated
>2000 full-time jobs created through our start-up community
>439 partners