FAQs for the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Rio De Janeiro Training
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Q. HOW DO I APPLY TO ATTEND THE UPCOMING CLIMATE REALITY LEADERSHIP CORPS TRAINING?
A. The application to attend the training and become a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps 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.
Q. HOW MUCH DOES A TRAINING COST?
A. The Climate Reality Leadership Corps training is offered free of charge and The Climate Reality Project will provide some meals during the event. However, participants will need to arrange for their own travel, lodging, and meals that are not covered during the event. We’ll send an email with the training location and accommodation recommendations to all accepted and confirmed participants so they can arrange and pay for their own travel and lodging.
Q. ARE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR THIS TRAINING?
A. Unfortunately, Climate Reality is not able to offer scholarships to cover the cost of travel or lodging for attendees of the training.
Q. CAN MINORS ATTEND THE TRAINING?
A. Anyone aged 16 or older is eligible to apply to attend the training. Participants younger than 18 must be accompanied by a chaperone that is approved in writing by a parent or legal guardian.
Q. WHAT LANGUAGE WILL THIS TRAINING BE IN?
A. This training will be conducted in Brazilian Portuguese and English with simultaneous interpretation between those languages available for some sessions.
Q. CAN I ATTEND THE TRAINING IF I LIVE OUTSIDE OF BRAZIL?
A. The Climate Reality Leadership Corps training is only open to applicants who live in Brazil, as the focus of the training will climate issues and solutions in Brazil. If you do not live in Brazil, you can be a part of the REALITY® Tour: Online, featuring former US Vice President Al Gore's iconic climate presentation and other video content from this year's training. Learn more about this and future in-person trainings here.
Q. DO I NEED TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE TRAINING?
A. Anyone who is applying to the training must be able to commit to the full length of the training. You can expect the training to run from the morning of 15 August to midday 17 August. An agenda will be sent to all accepted and confirmed participants.
Q. MY PARTNER OR FAMILY MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO TRAVEL WITH ME. CAN THEY ATTEND THE TRAINING?
A. If your partner or family member would like to attend the training with you, they must apply. Only individuals who are accepted into the program can attend the training. Please understand that the majority of the time will be occupied with the training and that your attendance at the entire event is required in order to become a certified Climate Reality Leader.
Q. WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OF THE TRAINING LOCATION AND WHERE SHOULD I STAY?
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.
Q. What is the climate reality leadership Corps?
A. By attending each day of our 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 190 countries who are fighting to solve the climate crisis. Climate Reality Leaders inspire action and change around the world. You’ll also join The Climate Reality Project Brasil, our branch working across the country to help slash emissions and drive progress in local communities.
Q. WHAT IS A CLIMATE ACTION?
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 into three topics that we feel are particularly important this century to slashing emissions and transitioning the fossil fuel systems poisoning our communities to clean energy. These three campaign areas are:
- Reducing Emissions
- Financing a Just Transition
- Strengthening International Cooperation on Climate
If we transition away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy solutions, we can mitigate catastrophic climate impacts and ensure a safer, healthier, and happier life for all beings around the world. The Climate Reality Project will start you on your way to becoming involved with a suite of advocacy opportunities that help build the political will to drive change through education, mobilization, and organizing.
Q. AREN’T WE PRODUCING ADDITIONAL CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE BY FLYING OUT TO THE TRAINING?
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). 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 any further long-distance travel in their work as Climate Reality Leaders.
Q. HOW DOES THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT ACCOUNT FOR EVENT-RELATED EMISSIONS?
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.
Q: WHO CAN I CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AT THE TRAINING?
A: The Climate Reality Project strives to make our trainings accessible to all. Please contact [email protected] with any questions around accessibility at the training.
Q. How can i STAY UPDATED ON THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT?
A. Sign up for email updates about our upcoming trainings.
Do you have a question that is not addressed here?
Please contact us at [email protected] and we will respond as soon as possible.