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Work On Climate, February 26, 2026
Our 2025 Community Impact Report
Summary When Work On Climate began five years ago, our goal was simple: To help professionals transition to working in climate. We started a community that was free and open…
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Work On Climate, May 5, 2025
Breaking Barriers: What We’ve Learned About Climate Founder Challenges
What We Did and Why Climate entrepreneurship presents unique challenges for underrepresented founders. To better understand these barriers and design more effective support, we conducted a two-phase qualitative research project…
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Work On Climate, October 14, 2024
Fixing the Climate STEM Talent Pipeline: Work On Climate’s 2024 Design Summit
In our recent article, co-founder and CEO of Work on Climate, Eugene Kirpichov, writes: “Executing the green transition requires solving hundreds of different workforce and innovation challenges, affecting hundreds of…
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Emily Iwankovitsch, June 11, 2024
Essential Insights for Climate Employers: How to Draw More Job Seekers
Addressing climate change requires engaging the entire workforce. The reality is that countless individuals possess the necessary skills to drive these changes, yet our recent survey of more than 1,500…
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Joshua Stehr, October 25, 2023
Advanced STEM Talent Challenges in Climate: Insights from Industry Leaders
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Authors: Joshua Stehr (Research Lead, WoCl); Eugene Kirpichov (Executive Director, WoCl) Researchers: Joshua Stehr; Stephanie Lau and Micha Nicheva (Researchers, WoCl) Contributing Editors: Inbal Nachman (Director of Programs, WoCl);…
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Work On Climate, October 25, 2023
Accelerating the Climate STEM Talent Transition: Next Steps from our NYCW workshop
Introduction Advanced STEM talent is one of the most critical parts of the climate talent puzzle – many if not most climate solutions, from energy storage to alternative proteins, need…
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Work On Climate, July 31, 2023
Addressing the Skilled Labor Shortage in America: Climate Is More Than Just Climate Tech
The problem Climate change manifests in the form of droughts, flooding, and heatwaves — just to name a few. We’ve seen this as recently as the destructive floods in Vermont…
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Eugene Kirpichov, April 12, 2023
Work on Climate Theory of Change: A Roadmap to Making Climate Work Mainstream
The Beginning By 2020, I had devoted fifteen years to developing my software career, the last seven and a half of which consisted of my dream job at Google, working…
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Kirsten Konopnicki, February 16, 2023
A Truly Sustainable Company Doesn’t Exist (Yet): Frameworks for Building a Climate-Positive Future
When we think of role model companies, pinnacles to look towards in the search for a more sustainable business, Patagonia frequently tops the list. As a company with a B Impact…
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