The document outlines the activities and structure of Climate-KIC, a European initiative aimed at fostering innovation in climate change mitigation and adaptation through collaboration among universities, businesses, and public bodies. It describes the integration of various sectors and the establishment of co-location centers to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship in low-carbon technologies. Additionally, the document highlights successful projects, educational programs, and future ambitions for advancing climate innovation in Europe.

1. Innovating for low-carbon
prosperity and climate
resilience
Best4VarioUse Final Conference
Brussels, 23 May 2012
Andreu Campos Candel
Climate-KIC
RIC Project Manager
acampos@delcomval.be

2. Background: EIT & KICs
2008 – EU establishes new European Institute
of Innovation and Technology (EIT) in
Budapest
2009 – EIT ‘call for proposals’ to establish 3
Knowledge and Innovation
Communities (KICs)
2010 – 3 KICs established on climate,
sustainable energy and ICT

3. Innovation on Mitigation and
Adaptation
Source: IPCC AR4 WGII

4. Integration of FOUR sectors for
innovation
Excellence is paramount Government &
Public Bodies
Our partners span top:
•universities and research institutes
(35)
•business (19), SMEs (21)
•regional and local government (13)
•Not-for-Profit organisations and Innovation
networks (13) domain
Research
Climate-KIC therefore brings together Business
all the actors of the innovation
pyramid ..... Education
...and integrates these with our three pillars:
•Innovation & Pathfinder
•Entrepreneurship
•Education

5. Our Innovation Community and
European ‘interconnectivity’
Co-location Centre
• We form a network of ~100 partners Regional
across Europe Innovation and
• We come together at 5 Co-locations Implementation
Community
• We reach out right across Europe
via our Regional Innovation &
Implementation Community (RIC)
• We are run like a business – CEO,
Executive, Governing Board,
Assembly
• We identify and respond to the
challenges of Climate Change
• Our activities cross boundaries:
discipline, sector, geography
•Europe’s engine for innovation in climate
change mitigation and adaptation

6. Our Core Partners:
7 universities; 5 business; 5 Research
institutes; 3 RTO
Innovative companies Leading academic and
across several industries research institutes
and 17/83 Affiliate partners are universities 6

7. Partners in the Valencian Region
• AIDICO
• Asociación de Industrias del Mármol
• Ayuntamiento de Castellón
• CEU-Cardenal Herrera
• DG Obras Públicas (Conselleria Infraestructuras, Territorio y Medio Ambiente)
• Edinn
• FCVRE
• Federación Valenciana de Empresarios Construcción (FEVEC)
• FVMP
• IMPIVA
• Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación (IVE)
• Instituto Tecnológico Cerámico
• Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía
• MIDEME
• Universidad de Alicante
• Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

8. CLC and RIC are the crucial hubs
for integration of these actors and
activities

9. Climate-KIC: Europe’s engine for
climate change innovation
The innovation pipeline
Ecosystem: Pathfinder: Innovation Delivery:
The research and Market Product and Marketable
knowledge base identification service products and
development services
Education – entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship – incubation and support

10. Some examples of our
activities....
Innovation
Education
Entrepreneurship

11. The Innovation & Pathfinder portfolio
Innovative
Existing Products Market
projects, tools, &Services deployment
know-how
Market analysis & Barrier Removal
scoping projects & Policy projects
Pathfinder Innovation Pathfinder

12. Developing thematic areas
CITIES & BUILT
2010 ENVIRONMENT
CLC driven Climate Cities
GHG
information (and potential
Monitoring,
& impact sub-areas)
2011 Reporting &
services Verification
Innovation
WATER
Pathfinder &
Water & Energy &
Ecosystem ENERGY
2012 Industrial
Services Production
Innovation
Agricultural Biorenewable Carbon
Pathfinder Production
Production reutilisation
SPATIAL AND LAND PRODUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT CONSUMPTION
ASSESSING CLIMATE
CHANGE AND MANAGING
ITS DRIVERS
•Cross-CLC/RIC Innovation & Pathfinder projects
•Evolving CLC/RIC leadership in high impact innovation areas

13. Ongoing Projects ZCPS
Admit Biorenewables: Adaptation &
mitigation opportunities from integrating
biorenewables
Microalgae Biorefinery: Sustainable
feedstock supply for integrated production
chains for the chemical, food and fuel
industry
– Scenario and business
development
– Market analysis
– Business model
http://www.climate-kic.org/innovations/theme-production/

14. Ideas Market Places 2013
Climate-KIC is currently preparing BP
2013 with experts and practitioners
from the community and beyond
– Cities, 22-23 May, Berlin (DE)
– Resources, 29-30 May, Wageningen
(NL)
– Climate, 5-6 June, Saclay (FR)
– Innovation Summit, 14 June, London
(UK)
http://www.climate-kic.org/networks/ideas-
market-place/

15. IMP on Resources
Addresses four focus areas:
– Land, Water and Ecosystem Management
– Agricultural Production
– Biorenewable Production
– Industrial Symbiosis (Carbon Reutilisation &
Industrial Production Systems)

16. Education: The Academy for
Climate Innovation
The programmes
•Masters
•PhD
•Postdoctoral theJourney: An
•Professional intensive 5 week
programme for all
Some start-ups from Masters and PhDs
TheJourney that creates a
•DeCo! community of
climate innovators
•ElectricFeel and entrepreneurs.
•Arboreal
•Small World Carbon

17. Greenhouse and sponsored
Start-Ups: Arboreal
A social business for people and forests
•Business concept: to set up self-contained mechanical processing centres to
allow cooperatives in tropical forests to process Non Timber Forest Products
(NTFP) such as cosmetics, medicinal and edible products.
•Processing centre contains the machinery to create higher value product from raw
NTFP, and storage and packages facilities
•Arboreal also provides training, coaching and networking services to enable
cooperative to run effective business and to access distribution channels for their
products
•Small scale industry helps communities move up the value chain and preserves
the forest
•Forest regions of Madhya Pradesh in India selected as location for the first
processing centre (64 million people of working age in Indian forest areas).

18. Greenhouse and sponsored
Start-Ups: DeCo!
•Decentralised composting for
sustainable farming and development
•SEED Award 2010
•Registered as NGO in Ghana
•Decentralised composting service to local
farmers (Franchise system in long term)
•Buy local biowaste, convert to organic fertiliser
•Reduces soil degradation and erosion
•Improves food security
•Creates new jobs
•Reduces GHG emissions
•Improves waste management
•Participatory approach

19. Entrepreneurship programme
2012
Clear ambition:
 More climate starters
 More starters & SMEs on fast growth trajectory
 Business acceleration for innovations
1. Incubation & Support (KIC Network & Masterclasses)
2. Business Creation (funding & coaching)
3. Events & Competitions (Annual & EIT Awards)
4. Pioneers into Practice
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20. Pioneers into Practice – professional
development in regions
Activities
• 2 x 4 week
placements in low
carbon innovation
projects
• Placements in
companies,
universities,
public authorities
• Learn about new
business models
for low carbon
innovation
• Develop
partnerships with
other
organisations and
regions

22. The Future…
• KICs are long-term initiatives (up to 15 years)
• ‘Horizon 2020’ - European Commission
proposals for Research and Innovation
(2014-2020):
- €2.8bn for EIT
- 60% of this budget for the 3 existing KICs

23. Thank you!
Government &
Public Bodies
Innovation
domain Innovating for low-
Research
Business carbon prosperity and
climate resilience
Education

24. Some more examples of our
successes....

25. http://ec.europa.eu/clima/documentation/roadmap/docs/com_2011_112_en.pdf

26. Pioneer Cities – led by Climate-KIC
regions
• Retrofit of
housing stock Outcomes = New
Buildings
• Energy Demand Place-based
Management
Business Models
• Bio-waste into
Cities:
Pioneer Energy energy • Birmingham
Cities Networks • Combined heat • Frankfurt
and power
• Bologna /
Modena
• Low Emission • Budapest
Vehicle Systems
Mobility
• Integrated • Wroclaw
Mobility Services • Castellon /
Innovations – new financing models, forms of user engagement
Valencia

27. Our young enterprises:
Naked Energy – EIT Award 2012
and joint winner of Climate-KIC Venture competition 2011
•Hybrid solar panel providing electricity and hot water
•Combined Photo Voltaic and thermal energy system
•PV inside the tube with water flowing though
•PV provides electricity
•Water keeps PV at optimal temperature and provides source of hot water
•Unprecedented efficiency; cheaper renewable energy
•Climate-KIC SME partner
•Support from Climate-KIC UK CLC for measuring and
characterising performance
Improved
business case

28. The market place and climate
market acceleration
Community tool
• Member profiles
• Substantive issues
• Working groups
Climate-KIC Radar Market accelerator
• Overview existing • Demand
activities/strengths identification
• Innovation • Supply identification
opportunities • Interface / Brokerage
•Bringing partners Climate
Zero-Carbon
•Demonstration cities
Production
together around “demand project
side” challenges
•Leadership: NL, UK.
•Accelerating market ES
delivery via the pipeline Cities Water
•With the RIC regions’
BASIC ‘Pioneer Cities’
RESEARCH

29. CLC and RIC: our essential
ecosystem for innovation across
sectors
• Hub of connectivity
Ideas Market
• Centre of knowledge Place, German
Innovation
• Launch pads, landing CLC, Berlin
Festival,
June 2011
pads, pipeline Hungarian
RIC,
• Structuring Budapest
mechanism September
2011