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Bruce Fryer, April 17, 2025

Turns Out CFOs Missed the Memo That ESG Is Dead

There’s a lot happening in the world today. Economic and geopolitical uncertainty is surging. News headlines read like obituaries for corporate responsibility: “DEI is Dead,” “Trump Will Bury ESG, But…

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Morgan Zepp, February 27, 2025

Our 2024 Community Impact Report

Introduction Work on Climate is committed to making sure that our community is helpful and effective at building the climate workforce. We’ve made it a regular goal to conduct research…

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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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Work On Climate, August 15, 2024

Our 2023 Community Impact Report

Introduction Since our founding in 2020 we have been working hard to help people like you, who are looking to find a job in climate, launch a climate company, or…

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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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Joshua Stehr, April 25, 2023

Landing a Climate Job: Key Obstacles and How to Address Them

“Get a climate job. It will be easy,” they said. With all the hype around working on climate solutions—and given the urgency of the climate crisis—you’d think that getting a…

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Work On Climate, April 12, 2023

2022 Impact Report: Our journey towards making climate work mainstream

Summary: When Work On Climate began in July 2020, our goal was simple: To become the world’s best community helping professionals transition to working in climate. This quickly became our…

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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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Jessica Burley, March 25, 2022

Insights on the Climate Workforce

How many people are looking for a climate job? How many jobs are there? What skills do they require? Understanding this is critical for Work

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