LEARNING FOR ACTION

climate fellowship

Climate Change: Learning for Action

A 12-week climate fellowship to understand the complexities of climate change and arrive at your perfect climate role. Over a thousand alumni have found their climate solution... find yours now.

Join THOUSANDS of alumni already leading on climate

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Climate fellowship overview

An expert-guided journey with a global community committed to climate action.

Key course details:

100% online
6-10 hours/week
10-12 expert lectures
Weekly deep dives and discussion groups
Hands-on projects
Personalized feedback and support
Tailored career development support
Digital certificate upon graduation

100+ up-to-date modules on:

Climate science
Local and global impacts
Energy
Food & agriculture
Carbon removal
Politics
Economics
Communications
Climate finance
Climate risk
Corporate sustainability
Adaptation
Alternative models of development

Know the problem to know the solutions

Dive into the most structured, up-to-date content on climate science, impacts and solutions so that you can work on the solutions that matter.

You are not alone on this journey

Learn with hundreds of others from around the world and be guided by over a thousand alumni and mentors currently taking climate action.

There’s a role for you.

Thousands have used the climate change fellowship to define how to apply their unique skills and talents to have a meaningful impact. Join them.

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Graduated cohorts

3,100+

Graduates

9.3

Avg. course rating

Learn from world-class educators

Kamal Kapadia, Ph.D.

Course Creator and Terra.do Co-Founder

Dr. Kamal Kapadia has 25 years of work, research and teaching experience in the fields of climate change, clean energy and sustainable development. She started her career in the late 1990s working for solar PV startups SELCO in India and Sri Lanka, and Solarcentury (now Statkraft) in the UK. She has consulted on clean energy planning with the World Bank and also managed research and communications for Blue Planet Foundation in Hawaii, the organization that successfully lobbied for the U.S.’s first state-level 100% renewable energy law. Kamal was also a research fellow at the Environmental Change Institute, Univ. of Oxford, where she taught extensively on the Master’s program in Environmental Change and Management. Kamal holds an M.Sc. in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley. You can follow Kamal on LinkedIn.

Hear about the Terra.do climate fellowship from course creator Dr. Kamal Kapadia

Engage with climate experts

Lively and engaging sessions that are designed to help you understand the practical applications of what you learn each week.

Talk to alumni at an open house

Ask questions and learn how to make the best of our climate change fellowship from course instructors and alumni.

Live open house session:

Need advice?

Let’s chat about how our climate fellowship can help you find your path. Talk to us 1:1.

Jumpstart your climate career

Join a life-long community of 1500+ fellows. Learn from accomplished operators and executives. Take the next step of your career with confidence.

Transition to your  dream job in climate

700+ fellows have found new climate jobs after the climate fellowship.

How will Terra.do help me land a climate job?

Insights from the first four years of our Climate Change: Learning for Action fellowship.

Build the next great climate company

150+ fellows are now running climate startups across sectors.

Kickstart your organization's climate journey

100+ fellows are now furthering climate and sustainability goals in their orgs.

Wondering where to start?

Answer a few questions to understand how our program can help you in your climate journey.

I have taken climate courses at Harvard and Yale and through ESG Certifications. Out of all those experiences, this course was the best combination of science-backed learning, group work, and tools for action. It was a truly amazing experience that spurred me to start my own company and be more vocal about climate action at my full-time corporate job.

LC Ede

Senior Manager, Sustainable Sourcing, Sysco (USA)

Course syllabus

A journey through the complexities of climate science and solutions to become an effective agent of climate action.

What’s a typical week like in our Learning for Action Fellowship? Here’s what you can expect as a fellow in our flagship climate action accelerator.

This course includes:

Course modules, classes and schedule

Welcome and introduction to climate change

Class one:

What is climate change? • Build a simple climate model • The greenhouse effect • Radiative/climate forcing • The drivers of climate change

Foundations of climate science

Class:

Emissions and the global carbon cycle • The global carbon cycle • Global warming potential • Methane and other gases • Emissions accounting

Climate impacts and building personal resilience

Class one:

Understanding Global Impacts • Why 1.5C? • When will warming stop? • Global impacts (temp, rain, ice, sea level, ocean currents) • Global carbon budget

Mental models and how to talk about climate change

Class one:

Solutions to Climate Change: Setting the Stage: How can we evaluate and compare different approaches to tackling the climate crisis? • Mental models • Comparing impact and cost • Masculine vs. feminine framings

Climate change economics, politics, and justice

Class one:

Economics of Climate Change • Climate change as market failure • Alternatives to mainstream environmental economics • Policy options for climate change • Principles of carbon pricing • Carbon markets • Social cost of carbon

Systems thinking for mitigation and the importance of energy

Class one:

A Systems Perspective on Mitigation: En-ROADS workshop by Climate Interactive – Fellows engage in using the En-ROADS simulation tool in a 1-hour session facilitated by a Climate Interactive ambassador

Decarbonizing transport, buildings, and industry

Class one:

Energy and Climate Change 2: Electrify Everything ++ • Making the case to “electrify everything” • Decarbonizing transport: emissions sources, mobility in cities, EVs, trucking and trains, shipping, a systems lens on mobility

Transforming land use

Class one:

Food and Farming • Challenges facing the global food system • Regenerative agriculture and soil health with optional case studies • Food supply chains and decarbonization

Avoiding greenwashing

Class one:

Carbon Offsets • What are offsets? • Challenges facing offsets • Future of offsets • Alternatives to offsets

Financing the transition

Class one:

Climate Finance 1: The Investments Landscape • The basics: what is finance? • The paradox of finance • Public green finance: US, India, multilateral, debt-for-climate swaps • Private green finance: ESG, green bonds, climate tech VC • Blended green finance

Organizational action and adaptation

Class one:

Corporate Climate Action: A guide to leading a sustainable business • Corporate sustainability • ESG • Net-zero planning • Life-cycle analysis • Managing emissions • Going beyond sustainable and towards regenerative • Optional: Tips on building employee climate action

Graduation and climate action plan presentations

Class:

Graduation Ceremony

Typical course weekly schedule

Day of week	Activity	Time
Sunday	Asynchronous classes released	12am PT
Monday	Careers session (optional)	8am PT
Tuesday	Live lab	Offered at various time, assigned by preference
Wednesday	Guest talk	8am PT*
Thursday	Deep dive (optional)	8am PT
Friday	Networking & co-working (optional)	8am PT

We understand that work or family commitments may cause fellows to be unavailable for various events. All mandatory sessions are recorded and can be viewed asynchronously if missed.

*Some sessions are available at 7pm PT

Take a free class —

Carbon Dioxide Removal

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Personalized and expert instruction

Our skilled instructors have advanced degrees and/or global experience in climate change work and education. They're your first port of call for questions you have as you go through your learning journey.

Climate lab groups

Once a week, you will meet with your instructor in small-group sessions for:

Up-to-date material

We update our learning material to stay cutting-edge:

Real-world assignments

You will engage in individual and team projects designed to:

Personal attention

We track every fellow’s progress and ensure people get the support they need:

Job search support

After completion of LFA, you’ll get access to a climate career coach to help you:

Get one-on-one mentorship every step of the way

Guidance on your personal climate career journey from industry experts across the world.

200+

Mentors

20+

Countries

Carefully curated

Fellows can schedule meetings & receive expert guidance from 150+ curated climate experts.

Across sectors

Every major climate sector: energy, policy, agriculture, sustainability, ESG, climate finance, and more.

Deeply experienced

Professional and expert mentors with decades of climate experience on the ground.

Dedicated time

1:1 time to give you personalized guidance on your climate career plans and ambition.

academic advisory board

Steered by distinguished experts

Meet our academic advisory board comprised of leaders in the fields of climate science, social entrepreneurship, clean energy, climate finance, climate justice, transformative leadership, climate policy, and resilience. They guide and help maintain the high quality of our learning offerings.

Dr. Wilkinson (she/her) is an author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world,” according to Time magazine.

Dr. Fletcher is an award-winning educator and researcher. He focuses on natural coastal ecosystems and coastal community resiliency.

Dr. Burch is an expert on transformative community responses to climate change, and on sustainability and small businesses.

Dr. Hande is the chairman of SELCO India, which provides affordable renewable energy to poor and underserved households in rural India.

Dr Clark has held academic appointments at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon.

Dr. Khosla is an associate professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment. She studies the growing demand for cooling energy.

Is the climate fellowship for me?

Climate Change: Learning for Action has helped thousands of professionals from varied backgrounds including advocates, policymakers, lawyers, technologists, artists, designers, business professionals, entrepreneurs, farmers, data scientists, educators, journalists, project managers, and investors realign their skills to take climate action. Some common backgrounds we see are:

Advocacy and policy

Professionals wanting to work on climate solutions, build capacity for adaptation and resilience, or mainstream climate justice in NGO or governmental organizations.

Former senior outreach manager at MAZON. Now Campaign Manager at Conservation Colorado.

Terra.do climate fellowship, 2023

Business professional

Individuals in sales, marketing, biz dev, finance and other functions who want a climate career transition or to drive corporate climate leadership.

Former Locus data scientist. Now data scientist and conservation diver Coastal Impact India

Terra.do climate fellowship, 2023

Technologist

Engineers, data scientists, or product managers who want to found climate startups or accelerate effective solutions through technology.

Xoogler technical project manager. Now founded Sunjul, a solar software application for farms

Terra.do climate fellowship, 2021

Why Terra.do — the journeys our fellows have been on and how Terra.do has helped them along their way