Climate Leadership Development
This micro-credential in Climate Leadership Development is specifically designed for public-sector and private enterprise professionals seeking to up-skill in areas of climate leadership and sustainability. It takes place fully online over six months and is structured around four key monthly components: webinars to build expertise in climate leadership, self-directed reading and online exercises to expand your knowledge, small group meetings to exchange knowledge with your peers, and group mentoring to support your professional development.
The micro-credential provides an opportunity to develop your leadership skills at both an individual and organisational level, to help address the global climate challenge. You’ll have an opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, and to collaborate with other professionals from across a range of sectors. You can choose to collaborate in teams from the same organisation, or to work with professionals from other organisations on a specific sectoral challenge.
Why should I take this micro-credential?
Climate change poses a major challenges to society. It is a complex, multi-faceted challenge that can only be addressed using a coordinated and systemic approach applied on a variety of levels, and across a variety of sectors. This micro-credential provides an opportunity to develop your leadership skills at an individual or organisational level, to help address the global climate challenge. You will have an opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, and collaborate with others, across a range of sectors. You can apply the course theory to a real-world workplace challenge.
What will I learn?
This micro-credential deals with development of climate leadership skills and it will cover the following areas:
- Climate Change as a Systemic Challenge – addresses implementation challenges, the need for building climate capacity, developing multidisciplinary teams, and the need for systems thinking embedded in cross-organisational collaboration.
- Principles of Climate Leadership – we will explore the importance of integrating principles of ethics into climate leadership.
- Integrating Climate and Biodiversity into Decision Making – Why do we need to integrate climate and biodiversity into decision making and how can we do this? How are biodiversity and climate challenges interconnected? How can we address these challenges in an integrated way?
- Driving behavioural change – understanding human perception from the perspective of individuals, organisations, and society. How to communicate effectively both within your organisation and in your organisation’s wider sphere of impact to drive climate action.
- Policy making for Climate Action – understanding how policy is developed and what the current and possible future responsibilities are for public and private sectors.
- Curating your Climate Leadership Journey – we will explore principles and practice to create your own Climate Leadership journey.
How will the course be delivered?
The micro-credential will be delivered fully online, during normal working hours.
The Micro-credential will include:
• Monthly webinars will address key areas of climate leadership development
• Separate check-in sessions with coaches are designed to assist with the monthly content and to support your professional development.
• A mandatory in-person networking summit will take place at the end of the course.
For more information on timetable delivery here.
Entry Requirements
This programme is designed for those who have reached NFQ level 8 degree in any relevant degree area. The University’s policy in relation to recognition of prior learning (RPL) also applies. Further information on RPL can be found here.
Course Information
AWARD TYPE: NFQ Level 9
LOCATION: Online
DURATION: 13 Weeks
START DATE: September 2026
COST: €450
*limited places available
Deadline for applications:
19th August 2026
