16 March 2012

Daniel Zimmer

Director, Innovation

Climate innovations: the

Climate KIC experience

Climate-KIC - Europe’s engine for

climate change innovation

Knowledge Innovation Community

Climate innovation pipeline

Integration of 4 sectors for

innovation

Innovation

domain

Government &

Public Bodies

Research Business

Education

Climate-KIC

brings together all

the actors of the

innovation

pyramid .....

20 Core partners •5 business

•2 ‘RTO’

•1 Not-for-profit charity

•12 Academic

75 Affiliate

partners •Associated with CLC:

36

•Associated with RIC: 39

•11 local and regional

government

• 17 SMEs

• 14 business (large)

• 23 academic

•10 not-for-profit

associations, networks

Our Innovation Community

Co-location Centre

Regional

Innovation and

Implementation

Community

Climate KIC An Integrated Strategy for Climate

Change Innovation

Source: IPCC AR4 WGII 5

From themes to focus areas

Land, Water &

Ecosystem

management

Agricultural

Production

ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND

MANAGING ITS DRIVERS

WATER &

ENERGY

SPATIAL AND LAND

MANAGEMENT PRODUCTION AND

CONSUMPTION

CITIES AND BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy &

industrial

production

C02 reuse Biorenewables

Urban planning

tools

Urban water &

energy

GHG

monitoring,

reporting &

verification

Urban

innovation

platforms

Urban

mobility Climate

information

& impact

services

Land, water &

ecosystem

management

Agricultural

production

The Climate-KIC innovation pipeline

• Existing

education

programmes

• Technology

transfer facilities

• Research

capabilities

• Public and

commercial

programmes

• People

& Pathfinder

Ecosystem Outputs/delivery

KIC added value

Innovation

• Products

• Services

• Start-ups

• ...

Developing a portfolio of

innovation projects

8

Innovative

Products &

Services

Market analysis &

scoping projects

Innovation

projects 2011

CLC-driven

projects

Pathfinder Innovations Pathfinder

Best Practice &

Policy projects

Climate-KIC Radar

Existing

projects,

tools,

know-how

Business creation

Extreme

events and

insurance

companies

Smart Urban

Water

AgWaterUse

Create an open source

catastrophe model for insurance

companies (OASIS)

Develop network of pilot platforms

for data and tool sharing that

would help SMEs or utilities to

develop innovative services

Improve water efficiency through

water management tools, new

tolerant crop development and

increase of waste water reuse

Adaptive Water Management Project examples

Blue Green

Dreams

Integrate blue and green waters in

cities for increased resource

efficiency and climate resilience

Smart Urban

Adapt

Closed

Greenhouses

Green Water

Credits

Develop integrated tools that

facilitate adaptation of the cities

Develop high value crops in

hightech greenhouses where

Carbon and Water are recycled

Develop innovative financial

mechanisms for the deployment of

ecosystem services

Project & Ideas relevant for

the Mediterranean Region

Metropolitan

agriculture

Develop efficient food clusters in

the vicinity of the cities to reduce

food chains

Thank you

The Academy for Climate

Innovation

Masters

Postdoctoral

Professional

PhD

The route to self sustainability R

esourc

e

Years

Start up

phase

Ramp-up

phase

Consolidation

phase

Self

sustainability Leveraged

growth

phase

Complementary

activities, i.e. the

Ecosystem

EIT funding

Own resources +

leverage effect

Portfolio integration

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