Courses: Climate Change: Transforming your Organisation for Sustainability

Who is this course for?

This undergraduate‑level course is designed for anyone who wants to create positive environmental impact, including:

• People working in organisations of any size or sector
• Individuals aspiring to drive sustainability initiatives, influence strategy, or embed climate‑conscious practices
• Learners without prior qualifications or experience in sustainability
• Those not currently employed who wish to gain relevant skills for future roles
• Community members, volunteers or individuals looking to apply sustainability principles beyond the workplace

What you’ll gain

By the end of this microcredential, you will:

• Understand the latest science behind climate change and global heating
• Learn five ways of working that support radical, rapid sustainability action
• Build practical skills to integrate long‑term thinking into organisational decision‑making
• Explore nature‑based thinking to solve human problems
• Learn how to collaborate effectively and involve diverse stakeholders
• Apply proven tools, frameworks, and approaches to design and implement a sustainability action plan
• Gain confidence to influence your organisation, whether you’re new to sustainability or leading change already

Course structure

Across 10 weeks (100 hours), you’ll explore key concepts and approaches that support sustainability transformation, including:

Core topics include:

• The climate crisis: global heating, its causes and impacts
• Values and tensions: what cultures, organisations and individuals prioritise, and how these shape sustainability decisions
• Learning from nature: connecting deeply with natural systems and applying nature‑inspired problem‑solving
• Five ways of working: holistic, interrelated approaches that support fast, radical change
• Long-term thinking: fostering futures-focused decision-making in your organisation
• Prevention: deficit and asset‑based models for protecting nature
• Involvement: engaging and empowering diverse stakeholders
• Collaboration: what makes sustainability partnerships succeed
• Integration: embedding sustainability throughout your organisation
• Action planning: applying tools and frameworks to put ideas into practice

Each week includes reflective activities, videos, readings, and practical exercises designed to help you apply learning directly to your context.

What learners say

Avril Moore, Executive Support Coordinator

“I found this course beneficial in both a personal and work capacity. The holistic approach and focus on mindfulness were very refreshing and something I have been able to continue practicing since finishing the course. The content was so rich, exposing me to global majority and indigenous perspectives I was not aware of previously. I also really enjoyed the way it featured corporate leaders and showed how it is possible to think differently even in large organisations to steward the environment and nature. The way it is spread over 12 weeks helped me fit studying in around my home life, and gave me time to engage with the content; making it accessible and enjoyable. The frameworks and models covered enabled me to successfully influence upwards and secure an organisation level to change in our default search engine to one that focusses on combatting climate change and biodiversity loss.”

Catarina Campos, Senior Support Services Assistant

"I can say this was one of the most valuable learning experiences I have had. I am currently completing a degree within environmental studies and this course provided a clear and engaging view of climate change and practical strategies for creating change within the organisation. I was very impressed by how the course moved beyond theory into practical frameworks and tools to help my think critically and mindfully on how sustainability can be integrated into everyday decision-making. 
The course was easy to balance with work and personal commitments and allowed me to learn at my own pace while also feeling connected to the other students. I appreciated the materials were not only thought-provoking but also supported by real world examples that made the content relevant and inspiring.
I also loved the opportunity to develop an action plan. This encouraged me to apply what I learned more directly to my own organisation’s challenges by turning ideas into meaningful actions.
I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in sustainability, leadership and organisational transformation. It is insightful, practical and empowering, and provided me with the confidence to discuss sustainability issues and tools to contribute positively to environmental change."

Liz Davies, Senior Communications Manager

"Studying this course was a brilliant opportunity to step back, reflect and engage on climate change, within an organisational context. I was particularly impressed at the study format – materials were accessible and engaging, with lots of video to keep the pace moving. Resources were well organised with links to look back on at a later stage, either during the course or afterwards – this helped me when I presented my action plan to colleagues then worked to refine it after the course had finished. I really valued the opportunity to create the action plan as part of the course – this felt practical and of real value, for me and for my team. The content of the course was outstanding. I felt challenged and supported throughout."

Teresa Cox, Senior Manager 

"Through supporting the Responsible Futures accreditation motivated me to learn more, I enrolled on the microcredential Climate Change: transforming your organisation for sustainability and through studying this course it inspired me to take action and stand for the Green Party in the local elections, involving canvassing which was very much stepping outside my comfort zone and I have since become a local councillor. The course materials were excellent and of a very high-standard, the content and videos very thought-provoking; I valued the meditation sessions at the start of each session to help ‘ground’ myself.  Through studying this module, it has been beneficial in helping make a positive change towards promoting sustainability within my work and also outside of work within the local community."