Explore climate solutions, create an action plan for you and your community, and gain Carbon Literate certification on our online course.

This course is specifically developed for groups and individuals working toward creating net-zero communities.  This online course will cover the science of climate change, local and global impacts and how these will affect our communities.  Drawing on our Zero Carbon Britain research, we’ll look at how we can best achieve these net-zero targets, how we can best engage with those organisations around us, and how to approach effective action planning.  Your output from this course will be evaluated by the Carbon Literacy Project in order for you to be certified as​ Carbon Literate.

What is Carbon Literacy?

The Carbon Literacy Project describes it as ‘An awareness of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.’

Key information

• Duration:  9.30 – 13.00 each day  
• Upcoming dates:  

  • First half: 20 October 2026
  • Second half: 22 October 2026

• There is up to two additional hours of independent work for accreditation 
• Fees: £85

  • Please get in touch if you would like to pay via invoice 

• Includes: tuition, question and answer sessions, online course materials, Carbon Literacy Project accreditation 
• Terms and conditions  

  • You must be 16 years or over to attend this course 
  • For full list of terms and conditions click here 

This training is also offered as a bespoke course on a date to suit you. Please get in touch to arrange

What you will learn 

CAT’s Zero Carbon Britain project offers the hard data and confidence required for visualising a future where we have risen to the demands of climate science. It helps to reduce fear and misunderstandings and open new, positive, solutions-focused conversations.

This Carbon Literacy Project accredited online course will explore the solutions offered by the Zero Carbon Britain end point vision. Drawing on case studies and real-life examples, we’ll look at practical steps to reach net zero from a community’s perspective.   

During the course you’ll commit to two carbon reducing actions; one as an individual and one that will influence a group of individuals. We encourage these to be community or work-based actions in order to support low carbon culture change our communities. These actions will be evaluated by the Carbon Literacy Project in order for you to be certified as​ Carbon Literate, enabling you to go on to train others in your sector or area of work.

This online training is suitable for everyone working within communities, including individuals and organisations. Across the day there will be timetabled discussion and reflection sessions, Q&As, networking and offline breaks to keep the online format refreshing and engaging.