Terra.do Climate Fellowship 2026: Apply for the 12-Week Climate Change Learning for Action Programme

Overview

The Terra.do Climate Fellowship, titled Climate Change: Learning for Action, is a 12-week online programme for people who want to understand climate change, explore solutions and find where their skills can contribute to climate action. Participants include climate professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, advocates, educators, sustainability specialists and technologists. Terra.do reports more than 7,000 graduates in over 96 countries, an average course rating of 9.3 and a career transition rate above 60 percent.

What you get

The fellowship is fully online and takes about 6 to 10 hours a week. It includes 10 to 12 expert lectures, weekly deep dives and discussion groups, hands-on projects, personalised feedback, tailored career support and a digital certificate on graduation. It draws on more than 100 learning modules across 20 classes, and the curriculum is refreshed regularly with new case studies and tools. Subjects include climate science and impacts, energy, food and agriculture, carbon removal, politics, economics, communications, finance, risk, corporate sustainability, adaptation and alternative development models. The syllabus starts with the greenhouse effect and a simple climate model in week 1, then moves to the carbon cycle and emissions accounting, climate impacts and the 1.5 degree target, and later climate solutions and communication.

Who can apply

The programme is open to people from many professional backgrounds who want to build a climate career or move their existing skills into the climate sector.

Expert instructors

Learning draws on educators, scientists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, journalists and policy specialists working on climate solutions. Speakers named by the programme include Danny Kennedy, Dr. Zachary Labe, Mark Z. Jacobson, Melissa Hornbein, David Roberts, Dr. Tracey Osborne, Dr. Jeremy Leggett, Jamie Alexander and Kimiko Hirata.