Climate KIC aims to foster climate change innovation through integrating activities across research, education, and entrepreneurship. It focuses on developing climate resilient economies and societies by advancing areas like water management, climate assessment, low-carbon cities, and zero-carbon production systems. The KIC brings together stakeholders from these domains within four pillars: Innovation, Pathfinder, Education, and Entrepreneurship. It develops a portfolio of innovation projects across its areas of focus to pioneer new low-carbon solutions and support climate entrepreneurs.

1. Climate KIC:Innovate for Low Carbon Prosperity and Climate ResilienceMay 2011Daniel Zimmer

2. Raison d’être Need to anticipate and preventClimate change through adaptation and mitigationTensions resulting from fossile energy reduced availability Need to develop Climate Resilient economies and societiesSmarter energy systemsLow carbon production systemsMeasurement and verification tools

3. Climate KICAn Integrated Strategy for Climate Change InnovationWaterManagement and adaptationClimateAssessment and driversCities -Resilient and low CarbonProductionZero Carbon systems3Source: IPCC AR4 WGII

4. Specific challengesEmerging market(s)New value chains to be identified & developedNeeds & opportunities depend from public regulation and policies

5. ApproachThe KIC :- Brings together the stakeholders of the knowledge triangle ResearchEducationInnovation- Integrates activities within its 4 pillars:InnovationPathfinderEducationEntrepreneurship- Attempts to move toward open innovationBusiness5

6. The 4 pillarsClimate-KIC Innovations …creates promising new collaborations and pioneers new value-chain configurations.Climate-KIC Education …attractsanddevelopsfutureclimateentrepreneursandchangeagents. …builds platforms to connect and support the wider climate entrepreneurship community.Climate-KIC Entrepreneurship … creates new pathways to low-carbon prosperity by fostering the conditions for ongoing innovation.Climate-KIC Pathfinder6

7. Developing a portfolio of innovation projectsInnovativeProducts & ServicesExisting projects, tools, know-howMarket analysis & scoping projectsInnovation projects 2011CLC-driven projectsBest Practice & Policy projectsPathfinderInnovationsPathfinderClimate-KIC Radar7

8. Portfolio development

9. Portfolio development

10. Assessing Climate Change and Managing its DriversCarbon Lab monitoring and verificationCarbon Lab: Provide reliable tools for the quantification of greenhouse gases emissions (GHG) and associated technological and financial solutionsThales Alénia Space, CDC-Climat, PIK, Noveltis, CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Aria-Technologies, Numtech, Bayer, INRA, Alterra WUR, EDF, TNOExtreme Events and Energy Providers (E3P)Develop and disseminate state-of-the-art diagnostic and prognostic tools (Risk management tools) on extreme climate events relevant for energy providersCEA, CNRS, UVSQ Météo-France, Imperial College, Alterra WUR, PIK, TU Berlin, KlimaCampus Hamburg, EDF, GDF-SUEZ, Aria Technologies, CLIMPACT, Numtech, TUMClimate Knowledge for AdaptationInvestigate the business opportunities, analyse the market products and scope future activitiesAll CLCs, EDF, GDF-SUEZ, Bayer, DHV, Future WaterInnovation for climate monitoringAnalysis of the potential in Europe for the development of an integrated climate monitoring innovation programTU Delft, KNMI, IPSL,CEA, UVSQ, CNRS, Imperial College, Thales Alénia Space In blue: Pathfinder projects

11. Transitioning to resilient low carbon citiesEURBANLABS initiativeBuild a network of Living Labs available close to the various CLCs that would facilitate the sharing of knowledge and offer opportunities to business partnersImperial College, Arup, BT, EDF, Advancity, UVSQ, Province of Utrecht, Univ Utrecht, Deltares, TNO, Eon (NL), TU-Delft (NL)Smart Urban AdaptDevelop an integrated assessment tool of the cities’ vulnerability that would be used as a decision support tool for local authorities on adaptation of their citiesImperial College,BASF, SAP, EDF, Suez-Environment ,Advancity, UVSQSustainable buildingsShowcase innovative approaches in « neighbourhood demonstrators » and create an European expert group to play advisory role and identify innovation gapsImperial College, TU-Berlin, GFZ, Institute for Sustainability, SAP, GASAG, Solar Valley, Watergy GmbH, EDF, IBM, Arup, TUMSmart grid Enabled City Optimized MobilityAggregate knowledge from CLCs in a common tool on smart service provision managing data from power producers, consumers and technological enablersImperial College,Qinetic, West Midlands, Institute for Sustainability, Hessen, Fraunhofer Institute, TUM, Advancity, UVSQ, CEA, CNRS

12. Adaptive Water ManagementSmart Urban WaterDevelop network of pilot platforms for data and tool sharing that would help SMEs or utilities to develop innovative servicesTU Delft, Alterra WUR, Deltares, IBM Netherlands, Suez Env, Imperial College, Emilia Romagna, Utrecht Province, UVSQ, AdvancityAgWaterUseImprove water efficiency through water management tools, new tolerant crop development and increase of waste water reuseINRA, Bayer, AgroParisTech, Alterra WUR, CEA, Ecole des Mines (FR), EEWRC, Jülich, GFZ, Météo-France, PIK, SAP, Suez Env, Univ de Valencia, TUMFlood and drought risk managementReview priority issues from business partners (preparedness, modelling, sensors, insurance…) on both droughts and floodsDeltares, ETH (to be completed)Integrated water managementPrepare white paperWUR

13. Low Carbon Production SystemsABIER: Advancing Innovation on BiorenewablesCreate an European network of testing facilities available to SMEs and develop new value chains for biorenewablesTU Delft, Deltares, Alterra WUR, Imperial College, INRA, AgroParistech, RICs, DSM, Bayer, CiscoSmart Energy SystemsIntegrate climate and weather predictions in the design and functioning of smart grids and analyse impacts on performancesEDF, EON, BP, Sainsbury’s , Imperial College, MinesParisTech, CEA, CNRS, TU Berlin, Bayer, SolarvalleyInnovative Carbon Capture and Reuse TechnologiesFacilitate the benchmarking of various CCR methods and creating an European network of testing facilitiesTU Delft, TNO, RIC Lower Silesia, MinesParisTech , TU Darmstadt, West Midlands, Hessen, C.Hungary, GFZ

14. Climate – KIC RadarMARKETClimateWhere are our research activities / strengths?Zero-CarbonProductionWhat are innovation needs?

15. How do we get there? What are synergies? CitiesWaterBASICRESEARCHWhat are the barriers?