International Training on Climate Advocacy: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action
Course Background
ECAS Institute’s Climate Advocacy course empowers individuals and organizations to drive climate action through effective advocacy. Participants learn to influence policy, mobilize communities, and implement campaigns that promote climate justice. The course combines climate science, governance, media engagement, and digital activism to equip participants with practical advocacy skills.
Advocacy ensures that urgent climate issues remain central to decision-making, amplifies marginalized voices, and supports equitable, just policies. The course blends theoretical knowledge with practical applications to develop strategies implementable at local, national, and global levels.
By completing this course, participants will gain the knowledge, strategies, and confidence to become impactful climate advocates.
Course Objectives
Understand climate science and policy frameworks.Develop communication and storytelling techniques for advocacy.Train in grassroots mobilization and community engagement.Learn how to influence political processes and policy decisions.Use media and digital platforms for climate campaigns.Practice lobbying and institutional engagement techniques.Incorporate climate justice and equity in advocacy.Design and implement impactful climate advocacy campaigns.What You Will Learn
Scientific, economic, and social dimensions of climate change.Crafting compelling messages and narratives for climate action.Community engagement and grassroots mobilization strategies.Political advocacy, lobbying, and policy engagement.Digital activism, media outreach, and online campaign management.Coalition-building and collaboration with civil society organizations.Integrating climate justice and equity into advocacy efforts.Case studies of successful global climate advocacy initiatives.Target Participants
Climate activists, community organizers, policymakers, educators, students, and professionals in sustainability, environmental governance, and climate policy. Also ideal for NGO and civil society members, media professionals, corporate sustainability officers, and government representatives involved in climate policy and public awareness.
Training Modules
| No | Module | Details |
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| 1 | Understanding Climate Change and Advocacy | Overview of climate science, advocacy role, stakeholders, global agreements, ethical considerations. |
| 2 | Effective Communication and Public Engagement | Crafting climate messages, storytelling, engaging youth and marginalized groups, managing misinformation, using traditional and digital media. |
| 3 | Grassroots Mobilization and Community Organizing | Building community-led movements, organizing awareness campaigns, collaborative advocacy with NGOs and leaders, local and national policy advocacy, education and capacity-building. |
| 4 | Climate Policy and Political Advocacy | Government roles in climate action, legislative processes, engaging policymakers, lobbying, negotiation, case studies of successful policy advocacy. |
| 5 | Digital Advocacy and Media Strategies | Social media campaigns, digital activism, leveraging influencers, podcasts/blogs/vlogs, measuring campaign impact. |
| 6 | Climate Justice and Equity in Advocacy | Understanding climate justice, addressing policy inequalities, human rights intersection, climate refugees, supporting vulnerable communities. |
| 7 | Mobilizing Resources and Institutional Support | Fundraising, partnerships with businesses and institutions, corporate social responsibility, grant proposals, public-private partnerships. |
| 8 | Designing and Implementing Climate Advocacy Campaigns | Developing campaigns, monitoring and evaluation, overcoming barriers, stakeholder engagement, creating action plans for advocacy. |
Training Style
Interactive and hands-on learning with expert-led lectures, group discussions, case studies, workshops, policy simulations, media training, and storytelling exercises. Participants practice digital campaigning, lobbying, community engagement, and scenario-based learning. Guest speakers provide insights and networking opportunities.
General Notes
Training manuals and reference materials provided.Certificate issued upon completion.Tailor-made courses available for organizations.Payment before training; proof sent to info@ecasiafrica.org.Enhance your skills in climate advocacy and become an effective agent of change.
Contact ECAS Institute | info@ecasiafrica.org
About ECAS Institute
ECAS Institute provides targeted training, research, and consulting in climate change, resilience building, carbon markets, renewable energy, nature-based solutions, biodiversity conservation, agriculture, and food systems. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, ECAS operates across Africa and globally, supporting partners in the UK, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Germany, and the USA.
