Climate change courses
Understand the climate landscape through in-depth climate change training courses on several disciplines or with our comprehensive 12-week climate fellowship.
2,700+ alumni
Across our several cohort-based learning courses
80+ countries
Represented by our learners, alumni and over 200 mentors
60%
Working in climate after completing climate fellowship
Climate fellowship at a glance
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Climate Change: Learning for Action
Understand the complexities in the science, economics, policy, and climate justice. Start taking action by discovering climate solutions that need your skills.
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Applications close on May 17, 2024
- 12 weeks | 6-12 hours/week
- 100% online
- 8+ guest experts
- Hands-on projects
- Scholarships available
- Personalized feedback & support
John Ellison
Source Steward at ReFi Lisboa
Our climate courses
Browse the full list of our intensive cohort-based climate change and sustainability courses. And do check back in as we add courses often!
Solutions-based courses
Deep dives on high-leverage climate solutions from expert industry practitioners within specific sectors and functions.
Finance
Angel Investing in Climate Tech
Jennifer Turliuk
Angel investor, entrepreneur (acquired), Partner and Director of Climate Angels
- May 2, 2024
- 6 weeks
Skills: Crafting a climate thesis, sourcing startups, building syndicates
Food and ag
starting soon
Soil Health and Regenerative Farming
Dr. Laney Siegner
Founder & Co-Director, Climate Farm School
Understand the critical role of regen ag in addressing climate change
- Apr 29, 2024
- 2 weeks
Skills: Soil sampling, cultivating soil health, scaling regenerative agriculture
ENERGY
Energy Decarbonization Pathways and Tools
Zach Birnholz
Energy Expert
- May 1, 2024
- 4 weeks
Skills: Understanding the grid, energy scenarios analysis, identifying decarbonization potential
climate fellowship
Climate Change: Learning for Action
- 100% online
- 8+ guest experts
- Hands-on projects
- Scholarships available
- Personalized feedback & support
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Applications close on May 17, 2024
- 12 weeks | 6-12 hours/week
Tech
Digital Product Decarbonization
François Burra
Co-founder, Climate Product Leaders, 3X product lead
Acquire techniques and tools to measure and reduce digital product emissions
- Jun 25, 2024
- 4 weeks
Skills: Digital emissions accounting, designing climate-efficient digital products, minimizing the impact of product delivery
Carbon management
Supply Chain Decarbonization
Janice Lao
Co-Founder, Project Eleven and 3X Head of Sustainability
- Sep 11, 2024
- 4 weeks
Skills: Conducting life cycle analysis, engaging stakeholders, assessing climate impacts
Food and agriculture
on farm
Climate Farm School
Dr. Laney Siegner
Founder & Co-Director, Climate Farm School
- Farm-specific dates
- 4 weeks
Skills: Food and agriculture system thinking, building a food system climate action plan, on-farm working experience
Carbon management
Carbon Removal Technologies and Risks
Silvan Aeschlimann
Former Direct Air Capture and Storage lead at RMI
- TBA
- 4 weeks
Skills: Understanding the role of CDR, evaluating CDR solutions, using CDR effectively in emission reduction efforts
Tech
Software Stacks in Climate Tech
Jaime Curtis and Jason Curtis
Co-Founders, Option Zero
- TBA
- 4 weeks
Skills: Energy modeling, using public data sources, understanding the software/hardware interface
Corporate climate courses
Practical courses on effective actions to achieve Net Zero from veterans in corporate sustainability.
Carbon management
Carbon Accounting and Reduction
David Jaber
Founder, Climate Positive Consulting
Understand the principles and methods of carbon accounting for businesses
- Apr 18, 2024
- 4 weeks
Skills: Carbon accounting, life-cycle analysis, implementing net zero strategies
Corporate sustainability
teams
Climate Action for Organizations
Zikri Jaafar
Course Creator, Head of Enterprise Learning at Terra.do
- Rolling dates
- 4 weeks
Corporate sustainability
Leveraging Data and AI in Sustainability
Dr Karine Serfaty
3X Chief Data Officer New York Times, ITV and The Economist)
- May 7, 2024
- 4 weeks
Corporate sustainability
Climate Innovation in Corporations
Daniel Hill
Director of Business and Innovation, Environmental Defense Fund
- Jun 6, 2024
- 4 weeks
Skills: Design-thinking, understanding innovation levers, building a business case for climate solutions
Carbon management
Corporate Climate Reporting Standards and Regulations
Katherine Markova
Climate Consultant, former Big 4 Director
- TBA
- 4 weeks
Corporate sustainability
ESG Essentials for Business Professionals
Claire Veuthey
Principal and Founder, Rizoma Ventures
Build foundational knowledge of ESG for businesses and investors
- TBA
- 4 weeks
Are you a professional with a passion for teaching?
LECTURERS
Learn from leading climate experts
Janice Lao
Co-Founder, Project Eleven and 3X Head of Sustainability
Daniel Hill
Director of Business and Innovation, Environmental Defense Fund
Deborah MacNamara
Executive Director, ClimateVoice
Jaime Curtis and Jason Curtis
Co-Founders, Option Zero
François Burra
Co-founder, Climate Product Leaders, 3X product lead
Dr. Laney Siegner
Climate Farm School Director
MENTORS
Guidance from luminaries working in climate
200+
Mentors
20+
Countries
Rozita Singh
Head of Solutions Mapping, Accelerator Lab at UNDP | India
Dr. Alicja Dzieciol
Co-founder and Director at SilviBio Limited | Scotland
Richard Hammond
Country Lead Advisor - Energy Access at RTI International | Ghana
Nicolas Chow
Director, Sustainability EMEA at the Plug and Play Tech Center | France
Barakalla Robyn
Partnerships & Development Lead | Earthworm Foundation| Indonesia
Sara Telahoun
Principal Consultant: Decarbonisation at Anthesis Group | England
pedagogy
A springboard for climate action
Our learning philosophy is custom-built to maximize a single outcome: to get you to work in climate.
Cohort-based learning
A structured syllabus with a group of learners at the same time, highly proven to drive outcomes in online learning.
Practical and hands-on
Working sessions, assignments, and practicums tailored to your local and sectoral context.
Live sessions
Live (online) small group and large format settings to maximize comprehension and networking.
For individuals and teams
Equip your team with the knowledge and skills to drive sustainable change. Enroll your team at reduced rates.
Thorough and concise
Everything you need to know to get productive in climate (and its sub-domains) quickly.
On the bleeding edge
Always-on learning material updates on the science, technology, and market progression.
Spotlight: Guest events
Fireside chats
Intimate sessions with highly experienced climate leaders, designed to give you actionable insights, motivation and inspiration.
Guest talks
Weekly sessions with climate professionals, designed to help you understand the practical applications of your coursework.
Live workshops
Informal, but highly interactive, sessions with practitioners, designed to help you apply new skills and get actionable feedback from experts.
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. Katharine Wilkinson
Executive Director, The All We Can Save Project (USA)
Dr. Charles Fletcher
Interim Dean, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Dr. Fletcher is an award-winning educator and researcher. He focuses on natural coastal ecosystems and coastal community resiliency.
Dr. Sarah Burch
Associate Professor, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Dr. Burch is an expert on transformative community responses to climate change, and on sustainability and small businesses.
Dr. Harish Hande
Founder, SELCO (India)
Dr. Gordon L. Clark
Senior Consultant and Emeritus Professor, Oxford University (UK)
Dr. Radhika Khosla
Associate Professor, Oxford University (UK)
Free climate education modules
Short courses to get you started on understanding climate change and how you can have professional impact.
Energy
Energy 101
- Global Context
- Clean Electricity Technologies
- Technical Challenges and Solutions
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Climate Science 101
- The Earth's Energy Balance and the Greenhouse Effect
- Radiative Forcing and Human Impacts on Climate
- #TerraTalks: Climate Science 101
finance
Climate Change and Global Finance
- Finance Basics and Global Context
- Climate Finance 101
- Public Finance Case Studies
Some key climate topics in our free courses:
- Energy
- Public policy
- Climate capital
- Climate science
- Adaptation & resilience
- GHG management and carbon removal
- Policy, regulation, and market design
- Greenhouse effect
- Energy balance
- Net-Zero plans
Learn about climate change online and drive action
Action-oriented online courses designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge to make a real-world impact.
What climate skills can I learn?
Gain deep climate competencies, from science to policy, that will empower you to to participate in meaningful climate initiatives.
Carbon accounting
Clean energy
Climate reporting
Climate science
Climate finance
Climate product management
ESG training
Regenerative agriculture
Climate angel investing
Carbon dioxide removal
Sustainability
Energy decarbonization
Software for climate change
Climate public policy
GHG protocol
Net zero strategies
+ 100’s more key skills & solutions
The (not so) secret sauce: community
The pride of our courses is the caring global community that has developed around them—accomplished, passionate, and most of all, ready to help you.
Accomplished, diverse professionals
Mid-career professionals successful in their current jobs across a wide spectrum of functions, roles, industries, countries, races, ethnicities, sexual orientation, and genders.
United by purpose and ethos
Every member is animated by a deep desire to work on and help each other with this generation's biggest crisis, climate change.
Our fellows say it best...
Aanchal Somani
"The Terra.do LFA fellowship was the best decision I ever made. Working in climate had been a long-held ambition, but one that seemed inaccessible. Terra has transformed my perspective and opened windows and doors. Take this course! You won't regret it."
Narayan Iyer
"Terra.do's Learning for Action is not like any other course you have ever taken. It is a new way of learning for those seeking knowledge and truth. Group learning at its best with a community to support you, and top notch experts in the field to guide you. The 12 weeks is the start to a lifelong journey of making friends, and peers, and work colleagues."
Yasemin Sırali
"Best investment I've made for myself in a while. Learning about climate science with like-minded, conscientious people from all around the world has been a therapeutic experience for me."
John Ellison
"Terra.do accelerated my climate action journey and helped me find my unique contribution in just a few months. The best part was meeting brilliant people from all over the world who have left incredible companies like Amazon, Twitter, Apple and Slack to fight climate change."
Frequently asked questions
The Terra.do difference
Join the Terra.do climate fellowship and accelerate your climate impact. You will get lifetime access to expertly curated and cutting-edge content, a large, global, and growing network of climate professionals, and the practical skills you need to successfully effect real-world change. The immersive and transformational experience will leave you fully equipped to deliver climate action in your career, community, and life.
200+
Mentors who are active climate practitioners
6 months
Average transition time for job seekers
100+
CEOs and founders of climate organizations
5,000+
Hours of intensive video and live resources
