Training

Climate Emergency Australia has recently developed an exciting new micro-credential for senior leaders in local government.

Governing in the Climate Emergency is for councillors, CEOs and Executive team members who want to:

• Expand their leadership
• Deepen their understanding of what it means to govern well during the climate emergency
• Understand climate risk and the role of local government in managing it
• Strengthen their council’s climate emergency response
• Connect with and learn from peers around Australia.

The pilot program ran in early 2024 with 14 senior leaders from around the country. They heard from and interacted with expert speakers, learnt from and with peers, used our self-assessment checklist to put their learning into immediate action. They also gave us feedback and have helped us refine the training, which has run twice in 2025 and will run once more this year.

Running over 4 live, interactive, online sessions from, the course provides a safe space to reflect, share and learn with other senior leaders. 

For councils in NSW, QLD and Victoria in particular, this is a great opportunity for recently elected councillors to get up to speed with why climate emergency leadership is so important at the local government level, including understanding their roles and responsibilities and the opportunities to collaborate with other councils.

To find out more and express interest:

• Watch this brief trailer for the course
• Catch up on the recording of the taster webinar including hearing from participants who completed the pilot program
• Download the presentation from the 2024 taster webinar
• Download the flyer 
• Pass these on to interested colleagues 
• Submit your EOI form if you are ready to register! (See below.)

​We strongly encourage you to consider joining the program with at least one colleague from your council or from your broader local government networks to help support and reinforce your learning and ability to put that learning into practice in your day-to-day work.

EOIs for the next round of training are open! Submit your expression of interest to pre-register for the next round of Governing in the Climate Emergency, due to start in October 2025 (dates TBC). 

Note that the Early Bird rate for members closes Monday 11 August. 

If you are unable to access the online form you can download an editable EOI form.

Please read the Terms and conditions before submitting your EOI.

Questions? Contact us.