The GreenLyf Climate Career Mentorship Programme

Welcome to the GreenLyf Climate Career Mentorship Programme 2025! This transformative journey into climate action is a structured and comprehensive mentorship programme to enable you gain the much-needed knowledge, skills, and certifications to create meaningful impact on global sustainability challenges.

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Programme Outline

“The world is reaching the tipping point beyond which climate change may become irreversible. If this happens, we risk denying present and future generations the right to a healthy and sustainable planet – the whole of humanity stands to lose.”

Kofi Annan Tweet

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All Clusters

Course One: Climate Change: From Learning to Action

Objective: Understand climate change, its impacts, and actionable solutions.
Duration: Six modules, 1 hour 20 minutes each (1 day per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Course Two: Climate Responsive Budgeting

Objective: Integrate climate risks into budgeting for impactful policy-making.
Duration: 1 tutorial (1 hour, 1 day).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Cluster 1: Climate Finance

Course One: Financing Local Adaptation to Climate Change

Objective: Introduce performance-based climate-resilient grants for local governments.
Duration: 1 tutorial (1 hour, 1 day).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Course Two: Finding the Money: Financing Climate Action

Objective: Equip participants with tools to access climate finance sources.
Duration: 1 tutorial (45 minutes, 1 day).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Course Three: Carbon Taxation

Objective: Understand market dynamics, policy design, and carbon pricing strategies.
Duration: Five modules, 1-2 hours per module (2 days total).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Cluster 2: Climate Policy and Advocacy

Course One: Mastering National Adaptation Plans from Start to Finish

Objective: Guide countries in reducing vulnerability and mainstreaming adaptation into planning.
Duration: Three modules, 1 hour each (1 day per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Course Two: International Climate Change Negotiations

Objective: Explore the UNFCCC framework, adaptation milestones, and negotiation techniques.
Duration: Three modules, 1–1.5 hours each (1 day per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Cluster 3: Agriculture, Energy, and Engineering

Course One: Sustainable Consumption and Production in Africa

Objective: Explore sustainable production and consumption tailored to Africa.
Duration: Five modules, 1–1.5 hours each (1 day per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Course Two: Keeping the Taps Running in Climate Change

Objective: Integrate water resource adaptation planning into climate strategies.
Duration: Three tutorials, 15 minutes each (1 day per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Course Three: Climate-Smart Agriculture in South Africa

Objective: Strengthen capacities for implementing climate-smart agriculture.
Duration: Four modules, 1 hour each (1 day per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Cluster 4: Afforestation

Course One: Fundamentals of REDD+

Objective: Provide an understanding of REDD+ principles and implementation.
Duration: Six modules, 2 hours each (2 days per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Course Two: Advancing REDD+

Objective: Build expertise in governance and stakeholder engagement under REDD+.
Duration: Six modules, 2 hours each (2 days per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Cluster 5: Community Leadership and Individual Action

Course One: Developing Skills for Women Leadership in Climate Action

Objective: Strengthen women’s leadership skills for tackling the climate crisis.
Duration: Four modules, 2 hours each (2 days per module).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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Course Two: Children and Climate Change

Objective: Highlight the impact of climate change on children and their resilience.
Duration: 1 module, 2 hours (2 days total).
Outcome: Certificate, knowledge for action, career development.
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All Cluster Courses

The All Cluster Courses provide foundational and specialized knowledge on climate action, policy, and finance, equipping learners with practical skills, certifications, and career development opportunities through structured, flexible online modules.

Climate Finance

The Climate Finance Cluster empowers professionals to mobilize resources for climate resilience, offering expertise in local adaptation grants, climate fund access, and carbon pricing strategies through certified courses that drive actionable solutions and career advancement.

Climate Policy and Advocacy

The Climate Policy and Advocacy Cluster equips learners with expertise in national adaptation planning and international climate negotiations, fostering policy integration and strategic decision-making through certified courses.

Agriculture, Energy & Engineering

The Agriculture, Energy, and Engineering Cluster equips learners with expertise in sustainable production, water resource adaptation, and climate-smart agriculture, fostering resilience and innovation through certified, action-oriented courses.

Afforestation

The Afforestation Cluster provides in-depth knowledge of REDD+ principles, governance, and stakeholder engagement, equipping learners with skills to drive forest conservation and climate action through certified courses.

Community Leadership and Individual Action

The Community Leadership and Individual Action Cluster empowers women and youth with leadership skills and resilience strategies, fostering inclusive climate action through certified, impact-driven courses.

The GreenLyf Climate Career Mentorship Programme