GACSA is pleased to welcome a new member: The CSA Booster of Climate-KIC.

In addition to becoming a new GACSA member, the CSA Booster will also join the group of the regional CSA alliances, platforms and networks and their joint work program under GACSA’s coordination.

Climate-KIC is the European Union’s largest public-private partnership addressing climate change through innovation. It is one of six Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the EU.

Its work currently focuses on four themes: Urban Transitions, Sustainable Production Systems, Decision Metrics and Finance, and Sustainable Land Use. 

The Climate-smart Agriculture Booster (CSA Booster) is one of its flagship programmes under the Sustainable Land Use theme. Its goal is to catalyse and accelerate the application, adoption and scaling of low-carbon (“climate-smart”) technologies in the European agricultural sector and beyond. It aims to become the leading European CSA innovation hub, community and collaboration platform.

The CSA Booster envisions an European agricultural sector that:

• will contribute significantly to climate change mitigation by reducing GHG emissions and securing or enhancing carbon sequestration;
• is adaptive and more resilient to climate change while maintaining high productivity;
• can reshape agriculture and food systems in Europe and drive global sustainable development

To achieve its mission, the CSA Booster will bring together a multi-stakeholder ecosystem of partners to identify, assess, validate and facilitate the co-creation, implementation and scaling of CSA solutions.

For more information, please visit their website: www.csabooster.climate-kic.org (still under development) Or contact Ms. Pan Pan, CSA Flagship Manager; Deputy Director, Sustainable Land Use: [email protected]