Accelerating Transitions Together
The Netherlands has what it takes to make the major transitions needed for a sustainable future. Civil society players are working hard to change the system. Companies and organisations are taking action, governments are adapting policies and much has been invested in scientific knowledge. However, to prevent the worst climate change, this has to happen faster! This is only possible if knowledge from practice and science cooperate more intensively.
The KIN brings all parties together. Together, we want to make a substantial contribution to accelerating the transitions needed to be a sustainable, climate-neutral society by 2050 as soon as possible.
What is KIN?
In the KIN, scientists work side by side with societal stakeholders. Together, we work towards a climate-neutral and -robust world. The KIN removes limiting conditions and counteracting incentives in the scientific system, enabling cooperation across disciplinary boundaries and beyond science. The starting point is collaboration rather than competition.
We facilitate conversation and collaboration between researchers, policymakers, industry and civil society organisations through our programmes, networks and events.
Similarly, we work with local partners to accelerate system transitions in a number of vulnerable countries. After all, climate knows no borders.
What We Do
The KIN works to accelerate the transition to a climate neutral and climate resilient world by:
- Directing role to focus climate research on system change
- Connecting knowledge, policy, and stakeholders
- Promoting knowledge development and opening up existing knowledge
Pact
Civil society parties sit with knowledge institutions in the PACT, which acts as a platform to share knowledge and exchange ideas. Moreover, the PACT contributes topics for KIN Programmes.
- Broad 'movement' of civil society parties and science
KIN connects, broadens, deepens, and unlocks knowledge for transitions towards a climate-neutral and climate-resilient society
Webinar on the potential of rapid evidence synthesis for climate action on June 26
On 26 June, Science Europe and partners, including KIN, are organising a webinar for researchers, research institutions and decision-makers to explore the potential of rapid evidence synthesis (RES) as a tool for accelerating the uptake of innovations in policy and practice. The aim is to enable scientifically based solutions to flow more quickly to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Warning: This is not a typical open call!
Are you a climate ‘researcher’ in the broadest sense, and do you have experience with public funding and its limitations? Share your ideas for your “Impossible Project” with us in a 3 minute audio pitch. Five ideas will be selected and will each receive a small development budget of €500 to further shape the idea into a plan. This is an invitation to think boldly, explore uncertainty. By sharing your “Impossible Project” idea, you contribute to KIN’s “New ways of funding” workgroup, an experimental initiative that aims to accelerate transformative and transdisciplinary research collaborations by taking away current limitations and thresholds.
Not a typical open call! “Impossible Projects” (coming soon)
Do you have a promising idea for research that you feel or have been told is unfundable? Have you tried many times to get a collaboration off the ground, only to realise current constraints make it impossible? We will not fund your research, instead, you can apply for funding the process of turning your “promising but impossible-to-fund ideas” into proposals that can challenge how we fund and organise climate research and action.
Do You Want to Contribute to a Climate-Resilient World?
KIN connects, broadens, deepens, and unlocks knowledge for transitions towards a climate-neutral and climate-resilient society. Do you want to contribute to this as well?
