Climate Change Analysts
Senior Associate, Climate and Energy Program; Senior Climate Advisor; Senior Policy Associate; Staff Climate Scientist
What they do:
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.
- Analyze and distill climate-related research findings to inform legislators, regulatory agencies, or other stakeholders.
- Prepare study reports, memoranda, briefs, testimonies, or other written materials to inform government or environmental groups on environmental issues such as climate change.
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- geography
Communications
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- writing things for co-workers or customers
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
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Verbal
- communicate by writing
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
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People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Initiative
- Persistence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Analytical or scientific software
- Community Climate System Model CCSM
- Ferret
Object or component oriented development software
- C++
- Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
Development environment software
- Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
- Interface definition language IDL
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master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$68,910
per year, on average
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