Objective & Mission

At the heart of Stichting Climate-KIC International Foundation is our mission is to catalyse systemic change through innovation in the areas of human activity that have a critical impact on greenhouse gas emissions – cities, land use, materials and finance – and to create climate-resilient communities. This mission is urgent and increasingly recognised internationally.

The object of the Foundation is to contribute in the broadest possible sense to the protection of nature and the environment, including the enhancement of sustainability, in aid of the common good, both ecological and human, by way of innovation of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and by stimulation of education and research in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to do anything which is, in the widest sense of the word, connected with or may be conducive to the attainment of this object.

The Foundation shall seek to attain these objects, among other things, through:

• Raising of funds to support the object and any initiative, project or research in connection therewith; and
• Entering into partnership or cooperation agreements with organizations with a similar object as the Foundation, provided that this is conducive to or connected with the realization or promotion of the object of the Foundation.