Climate Innovation Summit 2016

Translating Ambition into Action: Implementing the Paris Agreement

Timed to coincide with the beginning of COP22 in Morocco, the Climate Innovation Summit in Frankfurt on 8 November 2016 will bring together over 300 senior leaders to provide the insights, solutions and contacts that organisations now need to take a leading role in the transition to a zero carbon economy. 

The Paris Agreement has united 196 countries in a binding commitment to limit global warming to between 1.5°C - 2°C. This commitment has initiated a science-based trajectory to limit greenhouse gas emissions, now business, government and NGOs need to co-create mitigation and adaptation pathways to achieve those targets, whilst remaining competitive.

Collaboration between business, the public sector and academia is the only way to produce the innovative solutions required to transform how we live, what we consume, and how we do business. From its standpoint as the world’s largest public private partnership; facilitating sustainable innovation, Climate-KIC has convened a cross-section of innovative thinkers, disrupters and global leaders to create an agenda of action. 

WHY SHOULD I ATTEND THE CLIMATE INNOVATION SUMMIT?

The Summit will equip leaders with the know-how to shape a strategic response to the challenges and opportunities of a zero carbon economy, via market-ready innovation ideas, brainstorming and the co-creation of solutions. 

The programme includes senior leaders from across industry, governments and NGOs, including from AXA Group, BP Ventures, Carbon Trust, CDP, Covestro, Engie, KLM, Rolls Royce, the UN, Veolia and WBCSD, to name a few.

WHO ATTENDS?

Any business or organisation serious about turning the threat of climate change into an opportunity should attend, whether: 

• Big business: exposure to the transformative innovation needed to make you more competitive 
• Start-ups and enterprise: exposure to corporates needed in order to scale-up ideas into viable businesses 
• Academia: exposure to business needed to monetise transformative models and innovation 
• Public sector: access to the solutions needed to make society resilient 

WHY ATTEND?

The Climate Innovation Summit is a crucial opportunity to explore new ways to innovate and collaborate across Europe and beyond – whatever your sector, product or service. 

With prominent keynote speakers, senior participation from a broad range of corporate, public sector and research institutions and an agenda focussed on innovation and cutting edge solutions, this is an important event for any organisation active in the climate innovation space. 

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