The Paris Climate School specialises in issues relating to political economy and the organisation of the transition. It will provide training in financing the transition, ecological planning, risk and disaster management, the challenges of green industrialisation, the evolution of our agricultural models, as well as mobility and water management, taking into account the social and political dimensions of all decisions.

A hundred students will be selected to join the first cohort of the Paris Climate School. They will follow a fully English-taught, cross-disciplinary master’s programme on environmental transformations and risk management, and graduate in 2028.

Four Foundational Courses

• Legal stakes of climate change,
• Economics for the transition,
• Societies and transitions,
• International climate politics – ressources, governance, and conflicts.

These will be complemented by interdisciplinary workshops exploring specialised topics in greater depth and through a systemic approach.

Hard Sciences Intensive Seminars

During pre-term, the students will learn how to understand and navigate climate sciences and new technologies through fast-paced seminars on Earth interdependencies, Scientific literacy, Energy and technology, but also the challenges facing the agriculture, health, and mobility sectors.

Learning Through Action

The School places experiential learning at its core. Students will develop their leadership through:

• Courses taught by leading professionals,
• Real-life case studies,
• The Transformation Lab, where they work on live challenges with partner organisations confronting systemic disruption,
• A final-semester internship in a climate-relevant organisation.

Building the Skills to Lead

To navigate complexity and manage increasing risk, students will be trained in:

• Crisis simulation and decision-making under uncertainty,
• Role-playing scenarios to practice stakeholder engagement,
• Masterclasses on change management, negotiation, and the behavioural science of decision-making.

Career opportunities

The Paris Climate School's curriculum has been developed in collaboration with recruiters from both the public and private sectors. They all report a need for cross-disciplinary profiles with a systemic view of the transition. Future graduates will be prepared to take on a range of strategic positions:

• In companies: strategy management, financial management, risk management, corporate social responsibility management, etc.
• In government: general administration, public bodies, etc.
• In local government: regional, departmental or municipal governance.
• In European and international institutions and ministries.

They will be able to work on environmental, economic and sectoral public policies.

Contact

If you have any questions, please write to paris.climate-school@sciencespo.fr.