“The most important resource of all is fantasy. Because fantasy is unlimited,” Hans Joachim Schellnhuber said to the participants. He is the director of PIK - a core partner and founding member of Climate-KIC - as well as chairman of its governing board. He was referring to a saying by Albert Einstein who once worked on the grounds of today’s PIK, the historical science park on Potsdam’s Telegraph Hill, where the Climate-KIC partners met.
Amongst the issues that were discussed, sustainable cities emerged as an area of particular emphasis for future innovation projects – from transportation systems to urban infrastructure networks. But the network’s activities won’t stop there: in addition, low-carbon production systems, climate information services and integrated agricultural and water management are all on the agenda. Currently, Climate-KIC and their partners are mobilizing roughly 100 million Euros of investments for innovation per year. This amount is planned to be scaled up considerably within the next few years.
