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The Carbon Literacy Project

The Carbon Literacy Project enables the delivery of a day's worth of practical and relevant climate action training that maximises the learners' ability and motivation to contribute to tackling the climate crisis. As part of the training, all learners commit to taking two significant carbon reduction actions within their control, and successful learners are certified as Carbon Literate. Over 85,000 learners from over 6,000 organisations have certified Carbon Literate learners across all seven continents. At COP21, the UN recognised Carbon Literacy as one of 100 transformative action programs worldwide, which could materially change how we deal with climate change if rolled out at scale.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy commissioned The Carbon Literacy Project to develop a suite of shareable training Toolkit Courses for different public sector audiences.  Following the success of these, The Carbon Literacy Project has launched an off-the-shelf Toolkit Course for parish and town councils, which has been reviewed and piloted by a panel of councils. The Toolkit Course further equips councillors and officers to lead by example, cascade environmentally sustainable and socially responsible values, and engage residents in effective and transformative action. The Toolkit Course facilitates sharing knowledge and best practices using case studies of climate action.

In a day’s worth of interactive learning, you can:

  • Learn about emissions under their influence.
  • Gain an understanding of the basic science of climate change, the urgency and scale of the climate emergency, and how climate change will affect us globally and locally.
  • Develop an awareness of which actions will impact the drive to achieve net zero emissions.
  • Create an action plan to help reduce the carbon footprint of their local area.
  • Explore strategies for talking to and influencing constituents to take action on climate change.
  • Are empowered to support constituents in making informed low-carbon choices.
  • Are empowered to mobilise change within their sphere of influence.

If you want to learn more about The Carbon Literacy Project, please contact [email protected].