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ECCI and City of Edinburgh Council today announced the Chair of the Edinburgh Climate Commission, Dr Sam Gardner.

In the first of a series of events leading up to COP26, ECCI is delighted to welcome Professor Katharine Hayhoe to give her take on this crucial year of climate action.

The ECCI EIT-Climate-KIC Accelerator start-up has bagged the Innovate UK funding to test its unique flat-packable solar thermal collector.

ECCI has kicked off the new year with the appointment of a new Executive Director, Prof Dave Reay.

Waterwhelm founder Ali Abbassi Monjezi has been recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering, which awards fellowships to the UK's most talented and successful engineers.

We salute staff, residents, partners, students and start-ups and take a look back at some of the highlights of the last year here at ECCI.

Former and current ECCI-supported start-ups have bagged a whopping £85k in the finals of Scottish EDGE.

Joint delivered by ECCI, NERC and SAGES, the ECCI Innovation Consultancy Programme is a pioneering career enhancement opportunity for NERC and SAGES postgraduate students.

ECCI Director Ed Craig joined 30 University of Edinburgh staff, students and alumni attending and hosting events at the global climate talks in Madrid.

Recent ClimateLaunchpad finalist Reshape Technology is one of ten new projects joining the Scottish Government programme.

ECCI Climate-KIC Accelerator start-up SolarisKit will travel to San Francisco in 2020 to pitch to potential investors and partners.

With ECCI input, the Edinburgh Climate Commission will spearhead the city's medium and longer term response to the climate crisis.