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NEWS > Welcome to the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute

New name for ECCI reflects renewed focus on creating a resilient, thriving and climate neutral Scotland and wider world.

The Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, with Executive Director Prof Dave Reay and Co-director Dr Kate Crowley at the helm, will continue to expand upon over a decade of climate focused action - working in partnership across research, communities, policy and business to find and implement place-based solutions for tackling the challenge of climate change.
https://edinburghcentre.org/news/Edinburgh-Climate-Change-Institute

Great opportunity for low carbon businesses and entrepreneurs from our friends Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc 👇📆

Next Tuesday (9th Feb) at 10am, we're hosting 'Low Carbon Opportunities to Generate Business Growth' in partnership with Scottish Enterprise.

Click here to find out more or to register - https://bit.ly/3j7YbiN

"We want to play our role in the Energy Transition while securing and growing valuable clean energy jobs in the UK and beyond"
With the close of ECCI's Climate-KIC Accelerator 2 approaching, we caught up with the entrepreneurs behind some of UK’s most promising climate start-ups.
Today we hear from Tech-Terra MD Brain Archer:
https://edinburghcentre.org/news/TerraTerra-Accelerator-Stage

"In 3 years, we want to be reducing CO2 significantly - the equivalent to taking 2.5k cars off the road in a year"

Get the lowdown on Gecko Glazing from founder Gareth Claase, as he approaches the close of ECCI's renowned EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator, Stage 2.
https://edinburghcentre.org/news/Gecko-Accelerator-Stage2

EVENT > Sustainable Scotland Network Strategy Launch

Part of Scotland's Climate Week, Wednesday 16 September:

- public sector action on

- resilient recovery

- Scot Gov update policy

- climate leadership

- Highland Council case study

- Glasgow City Council countdown to COP26

https://edinburghcentre.org/events/sustainable-scotland-network-strategy-launch

NEWS > ECCI-supported Edinburgh Climate Commission calls for city .

Investment in and are among proposals to help recover from the crisis.

https://edinburghcentre.org/news/Edinburgh-Climate-Commission-Green-Recovery

NEWS > Nine launch their bid for success with ECCI's Climate-KIC Accelerator
The eager entrepreneurs demonstrate the UK has a significant role in developing the innovations needed for a global .
Innovators join the online programme from afar afield as the Isle of Skye and Aboyne in the north of Scotland, to London and Dublin across the borders and seas.
Innovations range from a zero-carbon rural transport system soon to launch in Skye, to a housing retrofit system aided by 3D modelling and a super-fast carbon measurement software tool for SMEs.
https://edinburghcentre.org/news/ECCI-EIT-Climate-KIC-Accelerator-1-2020

BLOG > Ask the experts - Climate, Covid, COP26

World-renowned climate scientist Professor Katharine Hayhoe and leading experts from across the University of Edinburgh community answer your questions.

Part of ECCI's countdown to COP26 series, the 'Climate, Covid, COP26' event in May drew an incredible global audience, with around 600 attendees signing up for the virtual session from all around the world.

Here the expert speakers answer audience questions, giving insights into the politics, business, science and communication of climate change in a post-Covid world.

https://edinburghcentre.org/news/Ask-the-experts-Climate-Covid-COP26