🌍 Looking to break into Climate Tech? You don’t need to start from scratch — you just need to know where to focus.
I’ve rounded up three things every job seeker in the climate tech space should have on their radar:
💡 Top 5 Skills & Certifications that hiring managers are looking for
📅 Upcoming Events in Europe to help you network and stay current
🌱 Thought Leaders to follow for fresh insights and inspiration
Whether you’re pivoting from another industry or already working in sustainability, these tools and connections can help you spot opportunities, speak the language, and stand out.
Skills and certifications
Top 5 sustainability-related skills
- Product sustainability
- Carbon accounting
- Lifecycle assessment (LCA)
- Regulatory compliance (e.g., CSRD)
- Sustainable design thinking
Certifications that can help you stand out in sustainability-focused roles
- CSPO or Scrum Certifications (Agile product development)
- LCA Software Training (e.g., SimaPro, OpenLCA)
- Cloud Sustainability Certifications (e.g., AWS Cloud Sustainability)
- Carbon Accounting (GHG Protocol Training)
- Design Thinking (IDEO U, IBM, or similar)
Upcoming events
Nov 6-7, 2025
European Congress on Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability
- Vienna, Austria climatechange.c2pforum.com
- Focus: Research, innovation, climate resilience, technology and sustainability.
Nov 20-21, 2025 (pre-conference online on Nov 19)
- Madrid,Spain
- Focus: Sustainable solutions, climate-resilient societies, university-industry collaboration.
Nov 18-20, 2025
- Bilbao, SpainÂ
- Focus: Energy transition, decarbonised/digitalised energy systems — strong overlap with climate-tech.
Nov 10-12, 2025
Cleantech Forum Europe- Cleantech Group
- Sitges (near Barcelona), SpainÂ
- Focus: Cleantech innovation, investment, networking among startups, corporates, investors; particularly relevant to your focus on career transitions and identifying adjacent roles in climate/innovation.
Thought Leaders
Renat Heuberger -co-founder of South Pole and now leads Terra Impact Ventures, working in climate tech, nature-tech and investment in Europe.
Jigar Shah — clean-energy finance & deployment advocate (U.S. clean energy finance pioneer).
Jean-Marc Jancovici — energy systems engineer and public intellectual on decarbonisation (Europe).
Himanshu Gupta — CEO of ClimateAI, specialising in climate adaptation technology (supply chain resilience, AI) and recognised as a global leader in AI + climate tech.
Christiana Figueres — architect of the Paris Agreement, strategic climate policy leader.
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe — climate scientist, communicator bridging science → public/policy.
Jennifer Holmgren — industrial carbon-tech leader / circular carbon solutions (industrial scale innovation).
Kate Brandt– Chief Sustainability Officer at Google – corporate-technology intersection: how large tech companies embed sustainability, climate tech and decarbonisation into their operations, supply-chains and innovation.
If you’re exploring your next step in the climate space and want to talk strategy — reach out to me. I’d love to help you map out your path and work smarter in your job search.