FAQs for the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Flagship Training

A. The application to attend the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Flagship US Training in Nashville is now open. Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis. If you are accepted to attend the training, you will receive more information via email to confirm your spot.

A. The Climate Reality Flagship US Training is offered free of charge and The Climate Reality Project will provide some meals during the event. However, if selected to attend, you will need to arrange for your own travel, lodging, and meals that are not covered during the event.

Unfortunately, the Flagship US Training: Nashville will only be open to US residents. We host several trainings a year, in various locations around the world, both in person and virtually. To find out about our virtual and in-person training opportunities, please sign up for our mailing list.

A. You need to be at least 13 years of age if you live in the US to apply to the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. If accepted to the training, any applicant under the age of 18 must be supervised and accompanied by a chaperone. Both the minor and their chaperone must apply and be accepted into the program in order for the minor to attend.

A: Unfortunately, the Flagship US Training: Nashville will primarily be for folks who have not already been trained as Climate Reality Leaders. Due to limited capacity, priority will be given to bringing new people into the climate movement. 

A. Each person who would like to attend the training must apply and be accepted separately. Please know that attending both days in full is required in order to become a certified Climate Reality Leader.  Unfortunately, Climate Reality cannot provide any assistance with childcare.

A. This training will be conducted in English. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions around language accessibility at the training.

A. Training locations and accommodations vary by city. We’ll send an email with the address of the training location and accommodation recommendations to all accepted and confirmed participants so they can arrange and pay for their own travel and lodging.

A: The Flagship US Training in Nashville will only be offered in person. We host several trainings a year, in various locations around the world, both in person and virtually. To find out about our virtual and in-person training opportunities, please sign up for our mailing list. 

A. By attending this training with our founder and chairman, former US Vice President Al Gore, you will become a member of our Climate Reality Leadership Corps. Once you are a trained Climate Reality Leader, you’ll join a global network of advocates from 195 countries working to solve the climate crisis. Climate Reality Leaders inspire action on practical climate solutions and fight for a sustainable, just, and equitable future.

A. A Climate Reality chapter is a local group of climate activists and community leaders within the United States that share Climate Reality’s mission of advocating for action to combat the climate crisis and supporting the transition to a clean energy economy. Chapters enable members to network with fellow leaders; recruit additional volunteers; take action at the local, state, and federal levels; and become a powerful force for climate action in their communities. You can learn more about chapters and find one to join near you here.

A. Climate actions are any actions you take to help address the climate crisis. We encourage and support all kinds of climate action and focus our global campaign work within three impact areas critical to slashing emissions and making a just transition to clean energy. These three campaign areas are:

• Reducing Emissions
• Financing a Just Transition
• Promoting Global Climate Leadership

Becoming a trained Climate Reality Leader enables you to develop the skills, know-how, and network to take action in these three areas with Climate Reality campaigns and chapters or by leading your own independent initiative.

A. As an international organization committed to fighting the climate crisis on a global scale, Climate Reality holds trainings in many different locations around the world so people everywhere can join us in working to solve the climate crisis. Climate Reality is aware that the trainings may be distant from some attendees’ homes and that event-related air travel is a contributor to carbon pollution. In addition to implementing an event sustainability strategy to reduce the emissions from the event, we measure event-related emissions (including air travel) and neutralize those emissions via verifiable carbon offsets. We have seen firsthand the value of in-person trainings and how the community grows from the connections that Climate Reality Leaders make during the training days. After the in-person training, attendees are invited to connect, share, and engage in an online platform that reduces or eliminates the need for further long-distance travel in their work as Climate Reality Leaders.

A. In planning our events, Climate Reality employs sustainable event practices in accordance with the event industry’s leading standards: ISO 20121 and APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting Standards. We also implement a comprehensive plan to divert as much waste as possible from the event to recycling centers and local compost facilities. Once onsite energy conservation and emission reduction strategies are exhausted, Climate Reality selects verifiable carbon offset projects to cover any remaining emissions impacts. By supporting these projects, we are able to offset and neutralize all event-related emissions, including those from air travel, energy use, vehicle use, etc.

A: Climate Reality strives to make our trainings accessible to all. Please contact  [email protected]  with any questions around accessibility at the training.

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