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Clustering innovation to create thriving and prosperous low-carbon cities and regions
Clustering innovation to create thriving and prosperous low-carbon cities and regions
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ConnectedClusters Landscaping Study 30<br />
Edinburgh –<br />
The Edinburgh Centre<br />
for Carbon Innovation<br />
Introduction<br />
The UK and Scottish Climate Change<br />
Acts of 2008 and 2009 respectively<br />
set world-leading legislation to mandate<br />
steep emissions reductions and develop<br />
effective risk management strategies for<br />
climate change. These were translated<br />
into legal frameworks requiring public and<br />
private sector organisations to manage their<br />
emissions, explore new sources of <strong>energy</strong><br />
and manage climate risk. Meeting these legal<br />
targets required a step change in <strong>energy</strong><br />
production and land use.<br />
These developments also challenged the<br />
university sector to deliver issue-oriented<br />
rather than discipline-oriented research, to<br />
ensure their research was relevant to and<br />
had impact in the real world, and to work in<br />
partnership with business and government<br />
to deliver solutions and develop the next<br />
generation of business and civic leaders.<br />
This shift in focus presented major challenges<br />
for universities, who historically excel at<br />
discipline-orientated research/teaching<br />
and research collaboration but struggle to<br />
effectively engage external stakeholders<br />
on complex, interdisciplinary challenges.<br />
ECCI provided the opportunity for the<br />
University of Edinburgh, its host institution,<br />
to take the lead in this emerging space.<br />
Located in Scotland’s capital city and political<br />
centre, and building on the best ideas from<br />
around the world, the Edinburgh Centre for<br />
Carbon Innovation (ECCI) was established<br />
in 2010 to provide the place and space<br />
for low-carbon leaders and networks from<br />
business, finance and the public sector to work<br />
together, drawing on a robust evidence base,<br />
to deliver a low-carbon future.<br />
Today, ECCI is the leading low-carbon hub<br />
for Scotland and beyond, driving crosssector<br />
collaboration and effective action for a<br />
zero-carbon world. It joins forces with leading<br />
national and international organisations to<br />
deliver ambitious projects and grow<br />
low-carbon businesses. It works at the cutting<br />
edge of policy, business and research to turn<br />
talk into action. And it inspires people and<br />
ideas through award-winning, low-carbon<br />
events and work space in its central<br />
Edinburgh base.
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