Article by Belinda Whelan, Director of Strategic Projects, Climate-KIC Australia Things do not change, we change! (Henry David Thoreau) Investment is being made across the innovation pipeline, but it is not at the scale required to shift our economy on a sustainable path.
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In September 2018, Climate-KIC Australia and our partners will host the Australian City Pitch Finals of the global clean-tech and green business ideas competition and Boot Camp program, ClimateLaunchpad.
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Report by Lauren Riga – PhD student with the Australia-German Climate and Energy College at The University of Melbourne and Katie Vines – Director Sustainable and Resilient Cities, Climate-KIC Australia Changing climatic conditions are already affecting us and the projected impacts of climate change have the potential to seriously impact our environment, economy and society. …
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Climate-KIC Australia will host a Climate Innovation Day on the 9th of May as part of the NCCARF/Engineers Australia Climate Adaptation 2018 conference in Melbourne this year. All conference delegates and visitors are welcome to join the following sessions during the Innovation Day:
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By Marian Schoen, Cliamte-KIC Australia, Regional Director – Victoria/Tasmania and National Director – Partnerships The challenge of energy security was the focus of a recent inaugural international dialogue on ‘Global Energy Security and Climate Change in Australia, Europe and the Asia-Pacific Region’, presented in late March by the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAS) Regional Program Australia and …
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Climate-KIC Australia brought the Climate Launchpad competition to Australia for the first time in 2017 and saw start-up Capricorn Power win the Victorian Finals with their business idea to commercialise an efficient heat engine to create a green waste disposal, and renewable electricity and heating solutions. As one of three Australian winners, start-up Capricorn Power …
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What would you do if you had 24 hours to save the world? Perhaps you’d design an app that helps people prepare for extreme heat waves, or maybe you’d create a battery service to power off-grid homes in Cambodia.
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Cities of our world are the culmination of humanity at both its best and worst: all the innovation we aspire to, and all the excesses we must change. Our cities inhale the thoughts and dreams of 4.1 billion people, and exhale approximately 70% of our total global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climathon, a global 24-hour hackathon for finding city-specific climate change solutions, will expand this year to six Australian cities, Climate KIC Australia is proud to announce.
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ClimateLaunchpad, which sought out clean technology ideas across the country, concluded this week with state finals. Climate-KIC is proud to announce the winning businesses My Impact, Capricorn Power, and Tide2Tank who will now go on to represent Australia in the global ClimateLaunchpad Finals in Cyprus.
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