Submissions are now open for the Climate Reality Leadership Training Program.
Donor Name: The Climate Reality Project
Country: All Countries
Type of Grant: Training
Deadline: Ongoing
Details:
With its abundant sunshine and extraordinary wind resources, West Africa has the potential to become a clean energy superpower, bringing electricity and opportunity to millions while leaving climate-changing fossil fuels behind.
This November, learn how you can make a just clean energy future a reality by joining the Climate Reality Leadership Community and training with former US Vice President Al Gore in Accra, Ghana.
The training is free to attend. There will be simultaneous interpretation between English and French for most sessions.
Climate actions are any actions you take to help address the climate crisis. They encourage and support all kinds of climate action and focus the global campaign work into four topics that they feel are particularly important this century to slashing climate changing emissions and transitioning the fossil fuel systems poisoning the communities to clean energy. These four campaign areas are:
- Reducing Emissions
- Reforming Global Climate Finance
- Combatting Greenwashing
- Strengthening International Cooperation on Climate
What to expect from the training?
- This free training will feature two and a half days of presentations and panel discussions with experts from across the region and around the world joining Vice President Gore to explore key issues from climate science to clean energy to international finance.
- Small group workshops will also offer attendees the chance to build the organizing and communications skills to turn awareness into action and successfully push for the policy change they need.
What you’ll learn about?
- The training will offer an overview of the latest climate science, existing policies, and solutions in the region and beyond, and opportunities to make a difference in areas including:
- Moving Away from Fossil Fuels and Creating Access to Clean Energy and Jobs
- Money Matters: Unlocking Global Financing for Local Solutions
- Resilient Livelihoods: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Realities
- A Call to Action: Local to Global Engagement
Who is the training for?
- Young people and climate advocates of all ages committed to building a just clean energy future.
- Educators, people of faith, and traditional leaders looking to educate their students and communities on climate science and solutions.
- Business leaders at enterprises of all scales looking to strengthen their sustainability approaches.
- National, state, and local government officials and civil servants eager to explore ways to drive a just transition to clean energy.
- Anyone aged 16 or older is eligible to apply to attend the training. Participants younger than 18 must be accompanied by a chaperone.
For more information, visit The Climate Reality Project.
