Community and Programmes overview:

The Climate-KIC community currently involves organizations from diverse sectors including businesses, universities, cities, public agencies, and NGOs. With a focus on climate action, the Climate-KIC community aims to drive breakthrough innovation and help Europe achieve its goal of a zero-carbon economy by 2050.

As the financing cycle by the European Commission ended in 2025, the Climate KIC relaunched as a not-for-profit foundation and signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the European Inistitute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). However the main mission "to catalyse systemic change for climate action through innovation, radical collaboration and place-based approaches" remains the same. 

The community is structured around several integrated programs:

• Place based transformation programme: These are large-scale projects that serve as real-life testbeds for sustainable regenerative living. More info can be found on the website.  
• Learning by doing:This program offers learning opportunities through hands-on experiences, online classes, professional development, and graduate school courses. the 4 focus topics are: working in complexity, systems thinking, sensemaking, participatory approaches and collaboration  
• Climate Entrepreneurship: The aim is to support promising start-ups or companies with growth potential. There are three initiatives:
  • Climathon
  • ClimateLaunchpad
  • ClimAccelerator
  • CLIMScaler

How to get involved?

To explore opportunities and stay updated on the latest news, visit the Climate-KIC webpage and check their open calls for proposals. You can easily contact them directly by filling in the form on their website. 

Also, you can contact the National Contact Point for Flanders, fernanda.werneck@vlaio.be (on maternity leave, replaced by pascal.verheye@vlaio.be)