Climate Policy Courses and Certifications

Climate Change: Policy Obstacles and Opportunities

Explore the complex policy landscape of climate change, from government strategies to international agreements, learning to evaluate options, costs, benefits, and ethical challenges in global climate action.

• Coursera
• 18 hours 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

A Complex Systems Lens on Climate Policy

Exploring climate policy through complex systems, this talk offers innovative solutions to seemingly intractable environmental challenges, highlighting potential for rapid, transformative change in energy, transportation, and consumption.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Becker Friedman Institute University of Chicago

Uncertainty, Social Valuation, and Climate Change Policy

Explore how uncertainty impacts climate change policy through decision theory, stochastic impulse response, and cash flow pricing with Professor Lars Peter Hansen.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions 3

Explore international climate change solutions, implementation challenges, and practical mitigation techniques. Learn about local to global scaling, economic measures, market-based policies, and real-world carbon neutrality initiatives.

• Coursera
• 15 hours 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Global Climate Change Policies and Analysis

Explore climate policies, energy sources, and analysis technologies. Gain insights into global climate governance, focusing on developing countries and contemporary challenges.

• Coursera
• 14 hours 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Mastering International Climate Negotiations: All You Need to Know 

Gain insights into international climate negotiations, UNFCCC processes, and key policy mechanisms while learning how to effectively participate in global climate action initiatives.

• UN CC:e-Learn
• 3-4 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

GERAD Research Center

Climate Policy Under Political Pressure

Explorez les implications de la pression politique sur la politique climatique optimale dans ce cadre théorique, abordant l'incohérence dynamique et les effets du lobbying.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

London School of Economics and Political Science

Politics and Policy of Climate Change and Sustainability

Explore political challenges and policy strategies driving climate action and sustainability transitions through global perspectives and environmental governance analysis.

• GetSmarter
• 6 weeks, 7 hours a week
• 11th Mar, 2026
• Paid Course

Climate Policy and Public Finance

Explore the intersection of climate policy and public finance in Asia-Pacific, focusing on national budgets' role in climate change response through five concise sections.

• UN CC:e-Learn
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Climate Conversations - Opposing Views on Rising Tides

Explore the Biden Administration's impact on Australia's climate policy, discussing global commitments, economic sustainability, and potential policy shifts ahead of the Earth Day Summit.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Carbon Negative Technologies: Strategies for Atmospheric CO2 Removal and Storage

Experts discuss carbon dioxide removal strategies to combat global warming, including policy landscape, geologic sequestration, soil carbon storage, and enhanced weathering technologies.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Reconstructing the Social Cost of Carbon to Reflect Racial Disparities

Explores reforming the social cost of carbon calculation to account for disproportionate climate impacts on Black Americans, aiming to align climate policy with environmental justice goals.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

Climate Politics: A Conversation with State Governors

Governors discuss effective strategies and challenges in state-level climate policy, addressing funding, gas prices, and political complexities to drive meaningful environmental progress.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

Delivering on Deployment at Speed and Scale

Experts discuss strategies for accelerating clean energy deployment, addressing permitting challenges, supporting transitioning communities, and scaling renewables to achieve net-zero goals.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

GERAD Research Center

Climate Clubs, Border Carbon Adjustments and Trade Wars - Dynamic Games and Applications Seminar

Explore climate clubs, border carbon adjustments, and trade wars in international climate policy. Analyze proposals for cooperation, retaliation scenarios, and impacts on global trade and emissions reduction.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video