Professor Andy Kerr FRSE
Director, UK and Ireland, EIT Climate-KIC
Andy Kerr is a leader in catalysing innovation in climate policy and practice. He mobilizes and connects resources, insights and capabilities to enable cities and regions, investors, and entrepreneurs to deliver their ambitious climate targets. Having co-founded and directed the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation and the Scottish Centre of Expertise on Climate (ClimateXChange), he now leads EIT Climate-KIC – Europe’s largest public-private climate innovation partnership – in UK and Ireland and EIT’s Global Outreach in Silicon Valley and Israel. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh, having previously been appointed as Personal Chair of Climate and Low Carbon Innovation.
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In the 10 years since the RSE inquiry, “Facing up to Climate Change: breaking the barriers to a low-carbon Scotland”, Scotland over-achieved against its then ambitious 2020 climate target. This was largely a result of sectoral efforts to support and facilitate the growth of Scottish renewable electricity generation at the expense of fossil-fuelled generation within […]
