Climate Change Analyst

Overview and Key Facts

What Do They Do?

A climate change analyst could...

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How is climate change affecting Earth? What will the changes mean for society? If these are questions that peak your curiosity, then you might be interested in a job as a climate change analyst. Climate change analysts evaluate climate data and research to determine how shifts in the climate will affect natural resources, animals, and civilizations. They use this information to make suggestions about what individuals and governments can do to ensure a higher-quality life for everyone in the face of a changing environment.

Do You Have the Skills and Characteristics of a Climate Change Analyst?

1. Reading Comprehension: ? Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
2. Writing: ? Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
3. Active Listening: ? Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
4. Speaking: ? Talking to others to convey information effectively.
5. Complex Problem Solving: ? Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

6. Critical Thinking: ? Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
7. Active Learning: ? Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
8. Systems Evaluation: ? Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
9. Time Management: ? Managing one's own time and the time of others.
10. Judgment and Decision Making: ? Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Core Tasks

Think about if you'd like the typical tasks a Climate Change Analyst might do:

• 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.
• Make legislative recommendations related to climate change or environmental management, based on climate change policies, principles, programs, practices, and processes.
• Promote initiatives to mitigate climate change with government or environmental groups.
• Research policies, practices, or procedures for climate or environmental management.
• Review existing policies or legislation to identify environmental impacts.
• Present climate-related information at public interest, governmental, or other meetings.
• Write reports or academic papers to communicate findings of climate-related studies.
• Gather and review climate-related studies from government agencies, research laboratories, and other organizations.
• Prepare grant applications to obtain funding for programs related to climate change, environmental management, or sustainability.
• Propose new or modified policies involving use of traditional and alternative fuels, transportation of goods, and other factors relating to climate and climate change.
• Develop, or contribute to the development of, educational or outreach programs on the environment or climate change.