Climate Change Policy Analysts

Research and analyze policy developments related to climate change. Make climate-related recommendations for actions such as legislation, awareness campaigns, or fundraising approaches.

On the job, you would:

• Provide analytical support for policy briefs related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, or climate change.
• Propose new or modified policies involving use of traditional and alternative fuels, transportation of goods, and other factors relating to climate and climate change.
• Prepare study reports, memoranda, briefs, testimonies, or other written materials to inform government or environmental groups on environmental issues, such as climate change.

Education

• master's degree
• doctoral degree

Safety and Government

• law and government

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Basic Skills

• reading work related information
• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

• measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Investigative

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

• Analytical Thinking
• Integrity
• Persistence
• Attention to Detail
• Initiative
• Cooperation

Verbal

• read and understand what is written
• communicate by speaking

Ideas and Logic

• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
• use rules to solve problems

Math

• add, subtract, multiply, or divide
• choose the right type of math to solve a problem