What does the certificate show?

This course is the first step into a programme of systems-level thinking and action about the climate crisis.

The first Pillar of The Climate Academy is “Systems Understanding”. This certificate demonstrates the development of a number of key skills & it signals to educators, employers, or collaborators that you have:

• A capacity to think systemically & a deeper climate literacy.
• An understanding of key features of the climate crisis
• a clear map of the planetary boundaries
• an understanding of tipping points, both in environmental and social systems.
• an informed understanding of many aspects of climate justice (intergenerational, intragenerational, intersectional etc.)
• A capacity to engage in complexity and exploratory thinking.
• An ability to navigate between abstract principles and particular details
• An understanding of the CUTx Index and its importance as an empirical, standard, comparable, measure of progress towards climate justice.