Climate change is one of the most urgent issues facing humanity. In recent years, a green jobs sector has emerged, in which employees apply their particular skill sets to solving climate problems, such as expanding renewable energy technologies and promoting sustainable business practices.
According to LinkedIn’s 2023 Green Skills Report:
The Climate Tech program is intended for business, technology, and engineering students to gain specialist knowledge and skills about climate issues and solutions. Students will learn to apply the skills from their base major to climate jobs, targeting roles such as Sustainability Project Manager, Climate Data Scientist, and Renewable Energy Engineer.
There is growing employer demand for Business, Tech, and Engineering professionals in the Climate Tech space – so we’ve designed this program to complement these base majors.
Climate companies are mission-driven, and students who wish to work in climate and sustainability must be able to articulate a deep understanding of the climate crisis and their personal motivations for climate work.
This program is designed as a six-course sequence focusing on climate issues and the business and tech landscape surrounding them. Students will acquire highly transferable skills to prepare for work in the fast-paced, ever-changing climate space.
Bree Rosenblum is a Professor of Global Change Biology and the Koshland Distinguished Chair for Innovative Teaching and Research at UC Berkeley. She received her B.A. from Brown University and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. Her research and teaching focus on understanding the biological diversity of our planet and renewing a sense of belonging with ourselves and the natural world. Bree has published widely in the environmental sciences (with >90 scholarly articles) and authored the first ever Global Change Biology textbook (with Oxford University Press). Her work has received numerous awards and has been featured broadly in the popular press (the New York Times, National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, National Public Radio, the BBC), in numerous textbooks, and on the TEDx stage. She has held many leadership positions at UC Berkeley and beyond focused on promoting institutional change and transforming higher education.
If you have any questions about technology requirements for Rize courses, please see below:
Technology requirements for Rize courses - AY 2025-2026
Recommended CIP Code: 30.3301
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