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We empower leaders in climate innovation

Build a unique set of skills to achieve your climate goals and ambitions. Our Climate Leadership Academy is a well-facilitated and engaged community that provides space for public and private leaders to collaborate globally across sectors. 

What makes learning at the Academy unique is its customisable series of modules. It includes online and in-depth system innovation courses, peer-to-peer leadership coaching, policy innovation practices for emerging leaders, and a convening festival.

Join the Academy and tackle climate change as we guide you on a journey towards a climate-resilient future.

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Our approach to boost your green leadership skills

Modular learning

Community of practice

Policy Innovation Lab

Portfolio design

Climate Leadership Festival

January 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark

Masterclass: Leadership in sustainability

Why learn with EIT Climate-KIC

Our Academy helps integrate climate action into all aspects of leadership so that together we can boost green leadership skills, advance the green transition and shift mindsets. We also look at social, economic, international and national climate action policy, and explore how collaboration across sectors supports collective climate action.

Increase knowledge and understanding of climate change science, policy, and relevance to your local context.

Outline the fundamentals of working collectively through leadership to influence positive change at organisational and community levels.

Build local capacity to foster and demonstrate leadership in developing and implementing local climate action measures.

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Who is this for 

Are you a city leader or government official? An urban planner or a social scientist? A psychologist or an entrepreneur? Or maybe an innovation or development leader?

Whatever your expertise, our learning formats are customisable to your or your organisation’s needs. We bring people together and explore what it takes – as individuals and as organisations – to make an effective and rapid systemic change for a net-zero future.

Our experts

Get to know some of the people you will work with.

Solveig Zophaniasdottir

Solveig Zophoniasdottir

Learning, Insights, Monitoring & Evaluation Director
Carolina Giraldo

Carolina Giraldo

Circular Economy & Policy innovation expert
Tessa

Tessa Finch

Future visioning & Strategic thinking expert
Saskia Visser

Saskia Visser

Land-use & Agri-food Director
Thomas_Osdoba

Thomas Osdoba

EU Cities Mission Director