The Climate Learning Portfolio
Practical climate learning for organisations at every stage with the option of expert support when you need it.
Our Climate Solutions training courses are designed to build confidence, capability, and momentum. They focus on solutions and practical understanding, helping people and organisations respond to climate change with clarity, not overwhelm.
Whether you’re building shared awareness, exploring key focus areas like buildings or digital sustainability, or developing the foundations for a climate plan, our courses give you a flexible route to progress.
How the portfolio works
Most organisations don’t need one single course, they need the right combination for their roles, responsibilities, and priorities.
You can start with a shared foundation, then add short courses that align with your organisation’s context, sector, and goals. Many customers return over time as needs evolve.
Explore the courses by expanding each dropdown section on the right.
Build shared understanding
Climate Solutions Accelerator
In 2 hours, participants learn practical solutions they can implement to help tackle climate change, guided by world-leading experts.
Focus on priority areas – Heat
Heat & Decarbonisation of Buildings (1 hour)
A clear, accessible overview of why heat is one of the most critical and challenging areas of decarbonisation including direction of travel for policy, technology, standards, and what this means for Scotland and beyond.
Focus on priority areas – Digital
Digital Sustainability Fundamentals (approx. 2 hours)
A foundation for understanding digital sustainability and reducing digital carbon footprints including key concepts, stakeholder impacts, ESG considerations, and practical methods to reduce digital emissions at work and at home.
Focus on priority areas – Waste
Office Waste Management (Approx. 1 hour)
Essential knowledge and practical skills to reduce workplace waste, meet legal duties, manage hazardous waste, and embed policy into everyday practice through real-world scenarios and role-based responsibilities.
Progress into deeper learning
Climate Solutions Professional
Intermediate-level qualification designed to build significant understanding and help learners start applying appropriate solutions within their organisation.
Who it's For
Our portfolio supports a wide range of learners, from classroom to boardroom, including:
- Leaders and decision-makers
- Managers and operational teams
- Policy, governance, procurement, finance and communications roles
- Sustainability and climate leads
- Educators, students, community and third-sector organisations
- Anyone who wants to know more about climate change and needs a credible source
Advisory and Ongoing Support
Training is often the starting point but many organisations also want help applying learning to their real-world context.
Alongside our courses, we can provide bespoke advisory and ongoing support, tailored to your organisation, sector, or industry.
This can include:
- Support developing a practical climate plan or climate strategy
- Facilitated workshops to align stakeholders and priorities
- Advice on governance, reporting expectations, and implementation approaches
- Ongoing guidance as your organisation’s needs evolve
If you’re unsure what combination of learning and support is right for your team, we’ll help you map the most relevant route.
Common Learning Pathways
Illustrative routes organisations often take to build climate capability
Every organisation’s climate journey is different. Roles, responsibilities, sector pressures, and starting points vary widely.
Rather than a single prescribed route, many organisations choose to build capability over time starting with shared understanding, then adding focused learning where it matters most to them.
The examples below illustrate common learning pathways based on how organisations typically use our courses. They are not fixed programmes, but practical reference points to help you identify what might be most relevant in your context.
Building shared understanding across an organisation
Typical context: Organisations at an early stage, mixed roles, limited prior climate training
Common starting point: Climate Solutions Accelerator
Why this pathway works
This pathway helps create a shared baseline of understanding across teams from operational staff to senior leaders. It builds confidence in the fundamentals of climate science, policy, and solutions, creating a common language for future decision-making.
Often followed by:
- Office Waste Management – to support immediate, visible action in everyday operations
- Digital Sustainability Fundamentals – where digital activity is a significant part of the organisation’s footprint
How advisory support can help
Facilitated discussions or short advisory sessions can help organisations identify priority focus areas once shared understanding is established.
Public sector, housing & estates-focused organisations
Typical context: Local authorities, housing providers, public bodies, policy and planning teams
Common combination: Climate Solutions Accelerator and Heat & Decarbonisation of Buildings
Why this pathway works
Buildings and heat are among the most significant challenges facing public bodies in the Net Zero transition. This pathway supports informed engagement with policy direction, standards, and strategic choices without requiring technical or specialist expertise.
Often extended with:
- Office Waste Management – to address operational compliance and behaviour
- Digital Sustainability Fundamentals – where data, reporting, or digital infrastructure play a growing role
How advisory support can help
Advisory support can help translate learning into practical considerations for estates planning, governance, and cross-departmental alignment.
Digitally intensive organisations & professional services
Typical context: Technology companies, digital agencies, professional services, knowledge-based organisations
Common combination: Climate Solutions Accelerator & Digital Sustainability Fundamentals
Why this pathway works
This pathway helps organisations understand climate change at a strategic level, while addressing the often-hidden environmental impact of digital operations. It is particularly relevant for organisations considering ESG reporting or responsible digital practices.
Often extended with:
- Office Waste Management – to support consistency across physical and digital sustainability practices
How advisory support can help
Advisory support can help organisations prioritise digital sustainability actions, align stakeholders, and connect learning to governance or reporting expectations.
SMEs and growing organisations
Typical context: Owner-managed businesses, SMEs, scaling organisations
Common combination: Climate Solutions Accelerator & Office Waste Management
Why this pathway works
This pathway focuses on clarity and practicality. It helps organisations understand the climate challenge while supporting tangible actions that are achievable with limited time and resources.
Often extended with:
- Digital Sustainability Fundamentals – as digital operations grow in scale and importance
How advisory support can help
Light-touch advisory can help SMEs prioritise actions, avoid unnecessary complexity, and build confidence in early climate planning.
Third sector, education & community organisations
Typical context: Charities, social enterprises, educators, community groups
Common combination: Climate Solutions Accelerator followed by; Heat & Decarbonisation of Buildings or Digital Sustainability Fundamentals (depending on context)
Why this pathway works
This pathway supports organisations that play an enabling, educational, or influencing role. It helps connect climate understanding with the issues most relevant to their communities, learners, or stakeholders.
How advisory support can help
Advisory support can help tailor learning to specific audiences, funding requirements, or sector-specific challenges.
From Pathways to Practice
Many organisations begin with learning and then choose to deepen their approach over time.
Alongside our courses, we offer bespoke advisory and ongoing support to help organisations:
- Develop or refine climate plans and strategies
- Align learning with organisational priorities
- Facilitate stakeholder discussions
- Navigate sector-specific challenges and expectations
If you’re unsure which pathway best fits your organisation, we can help you map a relevant route.
A Simple Next Step
If you’re starting from scratch, begin with the Climate Solutions Accelerator and then add focus areas that match your organisations priorities. If you are already working on climate planning, we can support you through a combination of targeted learning and consultancy.
Start your learning journey with one of our other courses
Heat and Decarbonisation
Explore low-carbon heating options for buildings
Digital Sustainability Fundamentals
Reduce your digital carbon footprint
Office Waste Management
Start improving workplace waste practices
Climate Solutions Professional
Develop organisational climate capability
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About Us
Climate Solutions Partnership
The Climate Solutions Partnership is a collaboration between the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and the University of Strathclyde, working with digital content creators Jump Digital, and with funding support from the Scottish Government. The course is endorsed by the Institute of Directors and the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute. Bringing together globally recognised experts with decades experience researching and leading action on climate change. Video content includes contributions from Scottish business leaders, Greta Thunberg, and members of The Elders (Mark Carney, Mary Robinson, Kofi Annan, Gro Harlem Brundtland and Ban Ki-Moon)
Approach
Understanding the causes of climate change and becoming carbon literate is necessary, but not sufficient to lead to action on climate change and related planetary emergencies. This is why our approach to training is based on identifying the most relevant information, summarised by respected experts and ensuring it is delivered using techniques and facilitators focused on building deep understanding and application to live business issues.
Background
Our training courses have been developed by highly regarded sector leaders and academic experts such as Professor Iain Black of Strathclyde Business School, Professor Dave Reay of the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, and Mike Robinson of RSGS and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, supported and enhanced by content from a range of specialists from business, government and the third sector. The design of the workshops was led by Dr Anna Wilson of the University of Glasgow’s Faculty of Education; she has ensured that Climate Solutions encompasses best practice and research-led teaching methods to develop deep learning of the materials and a critical ability to apply the skills and knowledge to opportunities in participants’ lives. Digital education experts, Jump Digital, advised on the online architecture of the course and made use of a state of the art learning management system solution to offer users the optimum learning environment.
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To date over 100,000 people have subscribed to our Climate Solutions Courses.
A growing number of businesses, public bodies and educational facilities have put their employees through Climate Solutions, and rolled it out to their supply chains and customers. Many have contracted us to support their senior management teams and boards as they develop a deeper commitment to ensuring their organisations are operating as sustainably as possible.
