Summer School | Climate Action Beyond Governments
Due to low registration rates, the summer school has been cancelled. An online course will be developed instead and will be released in the coming months. Stay tuned for more!
Climate action is urgent, and governments cannot act alone. Businesses, cities, civil society, and transnational initiatives are stepping up—but questions remain around real-world impact, greenwashing, accountability, and equitable outcomes.
This summer school offers a focused, practice-oriented environment to explore the integrity of voluntary climate action and build the skills needed to strengthen credible and accelerated efforts.
Over one week, participants will:
- Map the landscape of voluntary climate action and identify key integrity challenges
- Work with real-world cases and current assessment approaches from research and policy
- Co-develop actor-specific roadmaps for high-integrity climate action (e.g. cities and regions, corporates, finance, cooperative initiatives)
Applications from the Global South are strongly encouraged. A limited number of scholarships is available for participants from low and lower-middle income countries.
The programme is led by Prof. Birka Wicke and Dr. Sander Chan.
The summer school is organised by ACHIEVE, CAMDA, and BioCAM4, and endorsed by the Earth System Governance Project.
- Early-bird discount available until 31 March
- Registration deadline: 15 May 2026
- Dates: 11–26 June 2026
- Location: Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
More information, including the programme, learning objectives, and application details, is available here