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  • Spring Semester 2025

    Start

  • 1 Semester

    Duration

  • Zurich

    Location

  • English

    Tuition language

  • 01.0930.11.2024

    Application period

  • CHF 9,500

    Programme fee

In brief: The CAS ETH in Climate Innovation  

Working with real-world case studies, the Climate Innovation programme empowers climate change leaders with the necessary skills and knowledge to support and lead the transition towards net zero emissions.

Structure and content

Programme description

Participants will work collaboratively on real-world case studies that are relevant to their work and relevant to stakeholders. They will experience complexity and learn how to cope with it, participate in peer learning, and utilise a network consisting of public/private sectors to prototype impactful solutions.

Objectives

The goal of the CAS programme is to equip future climate leaders with the adequate skills and knowledge to navigate uncertainty and complexity, and to prepare the participants to develop impactful solutions in interdisciplinary teams. A collective intelligence will be created around three pillars of this programme, namely 1) system knowledge, 2) transformational learning experience, and 3) network activation, with an emphasis on dialogue and exchange.

Professional perspectives

Graduates will belong to the generation of climate leaders who are taking ownership in supporting the climate transition towards net zero emissions. With the acquired knowledge and skills, they will be prepared to tackle systemic wicked problems such as climate change. Enhance your career perspectives in the sustainability area.

Structure and format

Flexible hybrid format (in-person/online) mixture of two-day modules (4), a three-day kick-off event and a final one-week immersive block course. Due to the collaborative nature of the work, the majority of the programme will take place in person, although we also plan to offer some modules online. We remain flexible in the format based on the composition of the audience of participants (national/european).

Additional information

Mitigation of and adaptation to climate change requires very fast and deeply transformative changes of our socio-economic-environmental systems towards net zero emissions. The programme consists of two parts: Part 1 «knowledge, capacity building, plan participatory process», which will be deployed in part 2 «climate challenge». The participants will receive focused inputs on knowledge «climate change», «climate justice», «climate finance», «climate risks», «role of policy», «biodiversity» and «climate communication».

Tuition language(s)

English

Credits

10 ECTS credits

Target group and admission

Target group

European and Swiss professionals from private and public sectors, who share a common vision about their roles in the socio-economic-environmental transition towards net zero emissions. They who want to lead the climate transition, to learn to develop impactful solutions, and to work collaboratively.

Requirements

Master's degree acknowledged by ETH or equivalent educational qualifications, preferably in science or humanities, with a background in natural sciences, engineering, architecture or business. Relevant work experience of 3 years or more.  

Required language skills

Language(s) of performance assessment

English

Dates and venue

Start

Spring Semester 2025

Duration

1 Semester (February–June)

Application period

01.09–30.11.2024

Location

ETH Zurich

Fees

Programme fee

CHF 9,500

Application fee

CHF 50 for persons with a Swiss university degree, CHF 150 for persons with another university degree (non-​​refundable, credit card payment only)

Withdrawal fee

  • Deregistration within 30 days after the admission date provided in ETH correspondence: Free of charge
  • Deregistration more than 30 days after the admission date and before the start of the programme: CHF 3,500
  • Deregistration after the start of the programme: CHF 9,500

Application

Questions about the application

ETH Zurich, School for Continuing Education, HG E 17–18.5, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich, Tel. external page+41 44 632 56 59call_made, E-mail

Application documents

Additional application documents

  • Curriculum vitae (CV)
  • Motivation letter (max. one page)

Organiser

Programme management

Professor Nicolas Gruber
Programme Director
Dr Carole B. Rapo
Programme Manager
Carole Rapo
Professor David N. Bresch
Deputy Programme Director
Professor David N. Bresch

Contact

Dr Carole B. Rapo
  • +41 44 632 89 50

ETH Zurich
D-​USYS
Universitätstrasse 16
CHN E 26.1
8092 Zurich

Responsible body

ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS), Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP)

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