Climate-KIC
www.climate-kic.orgClimate KIC focuses on orchestrating place-based transformations that ground climate action locally while mobilizing finance, testing business models, and opening pathways for institutional and behavioral change. They work across climate entrepreneurship, learning and capability building, and deep demonstrations in specific geographic contexts.
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Climate KIC’s investment philosophy centers on catalyzing systemic change for climate action through innovation, radical collaboration, and place-based approaches. Rather than pursuing isolated solutions, they embrace the complexity of the ‘messy middle’ between climate ambition and current reality, believing that transformation requires testing, learning, and sharing comprehensive, systemic climate solutions at scale and speed.
What Sets Them Apart
- Place-based transformation methodology grounding climate action in local contexts rather than top-down approaches
- Integration of three core pillars: climate entrepreneurship, learning by doing, and place-based deep demonstrations
- Operating as Europe's leading climate innovation agency with 15+ years of experience managing €80-100M annually across 60 countries
- Community-driven model with 400+ partners and emphasis on 'transformational force' supporting ambitious climate leaders
- Bridging the 'messy middle' - addressing ongoing tensions between climate commitments and implementation reality
- Gender mainstreaming embedded across all climate innovation activities
- Recent evolution to independent not-for-profit foundation (2025) while maintaining EIT collaboration
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