Find out more about EIT Climate-KIC

What is EIT Climate-KIC?

EIT Climate-KIC is the EU’s largest public-private partnership addressing climate change through innovation to build a zero-carbon economy.

We are supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union that boosts innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe. The EIT has created numerous “Knowledge and Innovation Communities” (KICs) focused on different societal challenges, and EIT Climate-KIC is the innovation community addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation.

We have brought together a world-class network of partners – from businesses of every size, academia and the public sector – who share a common interest in tackling climate change. We create new partnerships to integrate research, business and technology in order to transform innovative ideas into new goods, services and jobs.

We offer services to entrepreneurs to help them create their businesses, and we train students to use their climate change knowledge in the business world.

What does EIT Climate-KIC offer the public and private sectors?

We help our public and private sector partners to identify, develop and bring to market climate change innovations. 

Find out more about potential partnerships here and investment opportunities here.

What do we offer students?

We offer added value to Masters and PhD degree programmes at the best academic institutions across Europe, as well as an annual summer school that helps turn ideas into business plans.

Find out more about our education programmes here.

What do we offer entrepreneurs and start-ups?

We offer specific programmes to help entrepreneurs and start-ups, including our Accelerator programme, our master classes and EIT Climate-KIC competitions. 

Find more informationabout our entrepreneurship programmes here.

Where is EIT Climate-KIC based?

We operate across 13 European centres, including the major cities of Brussels, London, Paris and Berlin. Each centre has a director that forms part of an executive team led by our chief executive officer, who is based in our Amsterdam office. We cultivate our relationship with Europe from our Brussels office.

How does EIT Climate-KIC fight climate change?

We address climate change across four priority areas where focused climate innovation can have the most impact: urban transitions, sustainable production systems, sustainable land use and decision metrics &finance.

We identify challenges across these areas and develop innovation with the most potential for environmental gain and continued prosperity.

Education is at the heart of these focus areas, as we aim to inspire and empower the next generation of climate leaders. We run programmes for students, start-ups and innovators across Europe via centres in major cities, convening a community of the best people and organisations.

Together with our partners we support research projects to identify opportunities for climate mitigation, then implement the findings through innovation projects to create products and services. Then we take them to market through existing businesses, new joint ventures and spin-off companies.

Who are EIT Climate-KIC’s partners?

We have a large group of core and affiliate partners across the network, from both public and private sector backgrounds.

You can find an overview of our core partners online.

What role do your partners play?

Our partners help us drive the network forward by integrating research, business and technology. They enable EIT Climate-KIC to transform innovative ideas into new goods, services and jobs.

A full list of our partners can be found here. 

How can I become a partner?

If you are interested in becoming a new partner, or in advancing your partnership role within the network, please contact your innovation hub.