The Green Shift Series: Towards Climate-Smart Humanitarian and Development Organizations

This series of self-paced courses aims to strengthen the capacity of humanitarian and development organizations to ensure climate and environmental responsibility. Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a crucial role in addressing climate change, advancing sustainable development, and building a more resilient future. By embracing climate and environmental responsibility, CSOs not only fulfill their mission but also seize an opportunity to increase their impact, sustainability, and relevance in a changing world. 

Organizations are increasingly aware of the need for climate and environmental responsibility. They are held accountable by donors and motivated to change, yet many still lack the technical knowledge and skills required. The Green Shift series equips practitioners and their managers with the knowledge, tools, and skills to understand, guide, and transform their organizations into climate-smart institutions. 

The series includes five modules: 

• The Green Shift Series #1A: Unpacking the climate and environment crisis and the principles of climate justice 

• The Green Shift Series #1B: Identifying climate and environment impacts and taking action  

• The Green Shift Series #2: Developing a climate and environment strategy  

• The Green Shift Series #3: Assessing and implementing actions to reduce carbon emissions 

• The Green Shift Series #4: Beyond carbon: looking at broader environmental impacts  

Each module takes about 45–90 minutes to complete. 

If you’re new to the topic, we recommend starting with Module 1A, and moving on consecutively, as each module follows up on the previous module. 

These courses are available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. 

These courses have been developed and translated through NetHope’s Climate Intersections Grant. They are based on existing French e-learning modules that were developed as part of the “Projet d’Appui à la Mobilisation des ONG françaises sur le Climat” – phase 4 (PAMOC4). PAMOC4 is implemented by the Commission Climat & Developpement from Coordination Sud, under the coordination of GRET, CARE France, Geres, Electriciens Sans Frontières, and CARI, with co-financing from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD). Nevertheless, the ideas and opinions presented do not necessarily represent those of AFD.   

The content of these courses may not be modified without authorization from CARE Climate Justice Center or the Commission Climat & Développement.   

Below are links to the first module in the course series in the respective languages available.