Circular bio-based Europe: Resource efficiency, technology and logistics
2026-04-27 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Berlin)
This webinar will explore key aspects for fostering the development and deployment of new bio-based initiatives including:

Resource efficiency

Valorisation technologies

Logistics optimisation

In today’s transition towards more sustainable and circular models, these elements are not just technical aspects — they are strategic enablers that can significantly enhance the competitiveness, and viability of projects in rural areas.

The session is specifically tailored to the primary sector, offering practical and actionable insights for:

Farmers and livestock producers

Cooperatives and associations

Clusters

Stakeholders across the bio-based value chain

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Climathon Organiser training #1: Format, challenge, fundraising
2026-04-29 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Berlin) | https://climate-hive.org/fr/event/climathon-organiser-training-1-format-challenge-fundraising/
Welcome to the new Climathon Organiser training series!

Whether you’re hosting your first Climathon or returning for another season, this series of online trainings is designed to help you navigate the full Climathon process, from event design to follow-up support.

In this first session, we’ll cover the essentials and share our latest recommendations on:

🎯 Define the right challenge for your city and community🗂️ Choose the best format for your event💰 Fundraise effectively to secure the support you need🤝 Engage the right partners

You’ll hear directly from our experts, exchange insights with fellow Organisers, and leave with a clear, actionable foundation for your Climathon. Bring your question and curiosity and get ready to meet our global Community!

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Adaptation Accelerator Hub webinar series: Unlocking private capital for climate adaptation
2026-04-29 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Berlin)
The 2026 Adaptation Accelerator Hub (AAH) webinar series focuses on private sector engagement in adaptation for climate resilience. The first webinar in this series highlights adaptation as a strategic, profitable business opportunity and the role of the private sector from peripheral financiers to core drivers of resilience.

The session is designed to position climate resilience as an untapped $300 billion market, emphasizing how adaptation investments foster sustainable growth and enhance cooperation within the financial sector to mobilize capital for vulnerable regions.

During the webinar, we will:

Examine the market inefficiencies hindering investment and identify targeted policy reforms and risk mitigation instruments.

Highlight the multifaceted role of businesses in adaptation, recognizing their contributions as innovators, logistics providers, and technical experts beyond traditional financing.

Illustrate the opportunities for private sector involvement in adaptation through case studies of successful privately led initiatives.

Present developments in countries such as Ethiopia, Maldives, and Cambodia to demonstrate how AAH support strengthens national readiness and facilitates the transition from climate planning to actionable, investment-ready solutions.

You can read more information about the event here.

Climathon Organiser training #2: From event to systems change
2026-05-05 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Berlin) | https://climate-hive.org/fr/event/climathon-organiser-training-2-systems-change/
Welcome to the new Climathon Organiser training series!

Whether you’re hosting your first Climathon or returning for another season, this series of online trainings is designed to help you navigate the full Climathon process, from event design to follow-up support.

In this second session, we’re exploring the foundations of systems thinking and how it can transform your Climathon from a great local event into a driver of lasting change and impact.

We’ll focus on:

🔗 How to connect your event to the complex issues that your city is experiencing🌍 Why systems thinking matters and what it means for climate action in your city🎯 How to mobilise systemic change through your Climathon

You’ll hear directly from our experts, exchange insights with fellow Organisers, and leave with a clear, actionable foundation for your Climathon. Bring your question and curiosity and get ready to meet our global Community!

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Insights: Green and digital. What it means for small businesses in practice
2026-05-06 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Berlin) | https://climate-hive.org/fr/event/insights-green-and-digital-for-small-businesses/
Join a new Community Insights session to discover how small businesses can increase competitiveness and resilience while navigating the green and digital transitions.

Small businesses are under pressure to both decarbonise and digitalise, but doing both at once can feel overwhelming. What if going green and going digital could support each other?

Working on the “twin transition”, combining green and digital strategies, can help SMEs build resilience, cut costs, and future-proof their business.

In this new Community Insights session, we will explore what the twin transition looks like in practice building on the insights from the recent study ‘Digital Transformation of European Micro-Businesses‘, created in collaboration between Mastercard and Caribou. The research shows that many micro-businesses are still at an early stage of digital maturity and highlights that sustainability depends on digital readiness.

During the webinar we will unpack how digital and sustainability journeys intersect, and what this means in practice for small businesses and those who support them.

What can you expect?

Key insights from the study

Practical implications for micro-business support and programme design

A real-world case study

Interactive discussion

The study has been developed by Mastercard through its Strive EU programme – an initiative supporting small business growth and resilience across Europe – in collaboration with Caribou, a global consultancy accelerating impact in the digital age.

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About Community Insights

Reserved for Climate KIC Community members, Community Insights are curated briefings on the topics that matter most to you; whether it’s navigating new funding landscapes, understanding policy shifts, or keeping pace with market developments. Each online session is constructed to be practical, timely and relevant.

How to Evolve - Global book tour
2026-05-11 09:30 - 2026-05-12 20:30 (Europe/London)
What if the strategies we rely on to tackle complex problems are actually making things worse?

That’s the central provocation of ‘How to Evolve’, the new book by systems thinker and author Zaid Hassan. His argument is direct: in complex systems, strategy-as-planning is not just ineffective – it’s a form of malpractice. Millions spent on workshops that produce documents, not real change, is a pattern too many of us recognise.

This is territory we know well. At Climate KIC, we work in what we call the “messy middle” — the uncertain, often unpredictable space between climate ambition and climate reality. We don’t believe you can plan your way through that space. You have to practice your way through it. Zaid’s work puts that conviction into sharp, rigorous focus. We think it’s essential reading for anyone working in climate innovation, systems change, or public and private sector transformation.

Climate KIC and Ten in Ten are proud to host the Copenhagen dates of Zaid’s global book tour. Across two days at BLOXHUB (Bryghuspladsen 8) there are three ways to engage with his work — from a full-day hands-on workshop to a public evening lecture and an intimate author dinner.

Programme

Strategy & Anti-Strategy WorkshopMonday 11 May | 09:30–17:30 CETA full-day, hands-on workshop with Zaid Hassan introducing participants to the practice of systemic action. Limited to 30 seats.DKK 3,189.99 (standard) / DKK 1,589.99 (student)

How to Evolve — Public LectureTuesday 12 May | 18:30–20:00 CETAn in-depth public talk and Q&A with Zaid Hassan on the core ideas from his new book. Open to all.DKK 189.99 (standard) / DKK 89.99 (student)

How to Evolve — Author DinnerTuesday 12 May | 20:30 CETA small, intimate dinner where Zaid shares behind-the-scenes stories from the book and the tour. Limited to 30 seats.DKK 789.99 (standard) / DKK 469.99 (student)

A 3-Event Bundle — covering all three events plus a book pack (hardback, notebook, T-shirt, and stickers) — is also available at DKK 3,189.99 (standard) / DKK 1,589.99 (student).

Can’t make Copenhagen? Zaid is also taking the tour to Amsterdam, Berlin, Oxford, Singapore, Sydney, and cities across four continents. See the full tour schedule

Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice: closing conference
2026-05-27 14:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Brussels City, Rue Gineste 3, Brussels, 1210, Belgium
Save the date for the final conference of the Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice, happening in Brussels on 27 May 2026.

After four years, the Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice initiative – of which Climate KIC is a key partner – comes to an end. To celebrate the Community’s achievements and chart a course for what’s next, we invite you to join us alongside experts from industry, regions and cities, policy, research and innovation.

Who is this event for?

✅ Hubs4Circularity (H4C) demo sites, members of the H4C Knowledge Platform, A.SPIRE members✅ Experts and practitioners in industrial symbiosis, industrial-urban symbiosis and circular economy

Participants will have the opportunity to:

✅ Learn about experiences from Hubs4Circularity initiatives across Europe✅ Explore the future of the Hubs4Circularity Knowledge Platform, designed to support collaboration and knowledge sharing across the community✅ Engage with stakeholders involved in the development of circular industrial ecosystems

Useful information

👉 More information is available on the event webpage: Save-the-date: Final Conference of Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice – Hubs4Circularity❗Registrations are free but limited, so make sure to secure your spot as soon as possible.
