Climate Emergency Training
Climate Emergency Training
Climate Emergency Training
Become certified as Carbon Literate with our Accredited Carbon Literacy Training, or explore our shorter introductory options.
Accredited Carbon Literacy Training
Our Accredited Carbon Literacy Training has multiple options suitable for businesses, organisations and individuals, plus the ability to work with us and design a customised course.
This training provides participants with the opportunity to be certified as Carbon Literate, while organisations can move towards Carbon Literate Organisation status.
Please see below for Accredited Training available to book online now (via Eventbrite), or for commission.
**Free Carbon Literacy Training for people in the Highlands** In-person on 9 September, Inverness.
**70% discount for CITB members** For businesses and people involved with the construction sector.
For individuals and representatives of organisations and businesses.
For people and organisations involved with Scotland's communities.
For people and organisations involved with Scotland's tourism sector.
For people and organisations involved with Scotland's transport sector.
For the rural industries sector across Scotland, in partnership with SAC Consulting (part of Scotland's Rural College).
For people and organisations involved with sport in Scotland.
For youth workers and young people.
Work with us to build and accredit a customised course that's completely tailored to your context.
Introductory Training
Whether you are a business, organisation or individual, we can help you take your first steps to find out more about the Climate Emergency and positive steps you can take with our Introductory Training.
Our Introductory Training has short webinars and workshops, plus certificated eLearning.
This training can be a great first step before bringing our Accredited Climate Emergency Training to your organisation, or to compliment our accredited offerings.
Please see below for Introductory Training options, available to book online now, or for commission.
**Free Introductory Workshop for people in the Highlands** In-person on 19 September, Inverness.
Our certificated eLearning module explores the Climate Emergency through narrated content that includes engaging facts, imagery and videos, plus interactive exercises.
Our Introductory webinars are 60 minutes in length and can accommodate up to 200 people, providing a perfect starting point if you want to take your first steps into understanding the Climate Emergency.
Our 90 minute workshops are for groups of up to 20 and provide a great introduction to the Climate Emergency and include opportunities for facilitated group discussion.
Our training is tailored to the Scottish, UK and worldwide contexts as appropriate and will help you understand:
- Climate science and causes of climate change.
- The meaning of terms like ‘net zero’, ‘global warming’, ‘climate change’ and ‘carbon footprint’.
- How you and/or your organisation will be impacted by climate change.
- Efforts to tackle and adapt to climate change.
- Practical actions you can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help future-proof your business, organisation, and homelife.
We'll help you to build your training package
Do you want Carbon Literate certification for yourself, your employees, or your organisation? Or are you taking a very first step in understanding the Climate Emergency? We can help.
- We can work with you to create a package of training that is relevant to your needs and context, delivered over an appropriate time period.
- Training can be organised for anyone within your organisation, and at any level.
- Your training package could include a mixture of accredited and introductory training.
- In addition we can offer support with registration of participants, analysis of results and promotion.
Why train with us?
- We are the official partner in Scotland for the award-winning Carbon Literacy Project, the only Carbon Literate Training Organisation in Scotland, and the only Scottish organisation to have attained Platinum Carbon Literate Organisation status.
- We have supported almost 6,000 people to become Carbon Literate across Scotland since 2016 including board members, CEOs, directors, elected representatives, officers, volunteers, managers and community members.
- We are experienced and have a strong track record of working across sectors and subjects, with businesses, organisations, individuals and communities.
- Our specialist training and accreditation team are experienced, knowledgeable and informed about climate change and will work with you to develop and deliver your training.
- We ensure our training is relevant to the Scottish context through engaging, informative and topical content.
- We cut through the jargon, so you’ll have a clear understanding of terms like ‘net zero’, ‘global warming’, ‘climate change’ and ‘carbon footprint’
- Our training emphasises hope over despair and includes cases studies and examples of the many co-benefits of climate action.
- As an environmental charity, we invest income from Climate Emergency Training back into our activities that help make Scotland clean, green and sustainable.
FANTASTIC! First time in my life I enjoyed a training!
Participant at Climate Emergency Training we delivered for Scottish Power.
Want to commission training, or have questions?
Please get in touch with our Development Manager, Katie Murray to discuss your requirements and timescales for commission of training.
We are a Scottish-based environmental charity, and since pioneering Climate Emergency Training in Scotland in 2016, have supported over 6,000 people to become Carbon Literate, including representatives of businesses, organisations and individuals.
Barry Fisher, Chief Executive
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