Accelerating Organizational Leadership in Climate Action

Despite widespread recognition of climate change and the importance of environmental issues, many barriers prevent businesses, governments and individuals from taking meaningful actions to improve environmental performance and social well being. This course offers participants an understanding of the systems, structures, policies and attitudes that hinder leadership in sustainability and provides tools and strategies to transform organizations. Case studies will offer concrete ways to integrate sustainability into decision-making at every level of the organization and accelerate action on the ground.

Despite widespread recognition of climate change and the importance of environmental issues, many barriers prevent businesses, governments and individuals from taking meaningful actions to improve environmental performance and social well being. This course offers participants an understanding of the systems, structures, policies and attitudes that hinder leadership in sustainability and provides tools and strategies to transform organizations. Case studies and examples will offer concrete ways to integrate sustainability into decision-making at every level of the organization and accelerate action on the ground.

Topics:

• Climate Change, societal change, and behaviour change
• Systems thinking
• Performance and change management
• Management systems to monitor progress and deliver results.
• Policy development
• Decision making processes
• Stakeholder engagement
• Communications

• Understand the barriers to organizational leadership in climate action
• Know how to build momentum and trust in an organization
• Have an understanding of how to work both vertically and horizontally to achieve climate and sustainability goals
• Explore innovative ways of working within organizations to lead environmental adaptation and mitigation
• Be introduced to a variety of methods for engaging decision makers on climate change
• Explore emerging practices for framing messages about climate change for diverse audiences