Climate change policy analyst career

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Climate change policy analysts research and develop policies and make recommendations for environmental action like legislation, awareness campaigns and fundraising programmes.

Climate change policy analysts research and develop policies and make recommendations for environmental action like legislation, awareness campaigns and fundraising programmes.

What would you do as a Climate change policy analyst?

Climate change policy analysts

  • usually work regular business hours
  • usually work in offices and outdoors and may travel locally or nationally
  • need to be practical, identify and solve problems and communicate well

Tasks

  • assess projects and policies for environmental impact
  • develop environmental sustainability plans and projects
  • do climatalogical research and prepare environmental reports
  • analyse research and operational data
  • collect environmental and climatological data
  • research climatological regulations and policies
  • advise on climatological public policy
  • share research results
  • promote environmental sustainability or conservation initiatives

How can you become a Climate change policy analyst?

You usually need a qualification to become a climate change policy analyst and experience may be useful.

You may need

  • a relevant tertiary qualification in environmental studies, law studies, political science and policy studies or similar area
  • a Master of Climate Change Science and Policy or similar
  • experience in similar work

If you're in school

You usually need NCEA Level 3 or University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.

Qualifications

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There's more than one path into climate change policy. The Bachelor of Climate Change is the most direct route, while a Bachelor of Social Sciences or Master of Social Sciences with a relevant major, such as Political Science, Social Policy, or Ecology and Biodiversity, can also get you there.

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Climate change policy analyst FAQs

Scholarships

Several scholarships support students studying towards a Bachelor of Climate Change. The Tower Insurance Climate Change Scholarship offers up to three $5,000 awards each year to second-year and above students majoring in areas including Data Analytics, Earth Sciences, Ecology and Biodiversity, Environmental Planning, Environmental Sciences, or Strategic Management. The Toi Moana Climate Change Scholarship provides a $7,000 award each year to second-year and above domestic undergraduates with a connection to the Bay of Plenty region.

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