News & insights

7 Aug 2018

Creating ripples: How Climate-KIC Australia plans to increase the flow of sustainable investment in Australia

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

7 Aug 2018

ClimateLaunchpad Pitch Finals

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.

17 May 2018

Climate Innovation Day

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

1 May 2018

Join Climate-KIC Australia’s Innovation Day at NCCARF

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

30 Apr 2018

Climate-KIC hosts AUS GER dialogue on energy security challenges

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

19 Mar 2018

Climate-KIC Australia Launchpad winner Capricorn Power on their way to creating low-cost electricity and manufacturing jobs for Regional Victoria

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

6 Dec 2017

Climathon Highlights: Australian innovators save the planet in 24 hours

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.

25 Oct 2017

Smart cities: A glance at the landscape of our urban climate issues

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. 

5 Oct 2017

Global Climathon comes to six Australian cities

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.

26 Sep 2017

ClimateLaunchpad winners to represent Australia

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.

18 Sep 2017

ClimateLaunchpad: From startup to success

Climate-KIC Australia brought the ClimateLaunchpad competition to Australia this year as part of a delivery of programs for climate change innovation.  It acts as a platform for teams to gain profile and mentoring and provides access to investors and markets.

9 Aug 2017

Jemma Green to drive climate innovation as new Chair of Climate-KIC Australia

Climate-KIC Australia has appointed experienced sustainability professional Dr. Jemma Green as Chair of the Board.