Equipping educators to lead on climate—with materials & insights.

Presenting the Open Climate Curriculum—a platform to accelerate high quality teaching of topics related to climate change.

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Managed by Columbia Business School in collaboration with Columbia Climate School.

How the Platform Works

Our platform allows faculty to browse & share course materials while also using AI to explore them — either by browsing organically or smart searching across all courses through our Insights tool. Register to contribute your own materials and access the full range of resources.

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Course Materials

Explore full syllabi and other materials from climate-related courses.

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Insights

Ask questions of platform resources to discover course trends, build faculty connections, and spark new teaching ideas.

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Teaching Resources

Search case descriptions, simulations, podcasts, and other general resources that might be useful in your teaching.

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Questions? We've got the answers.

We've compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions to help you get started.

Yes. The Open Climate Curriculum is free to use and explore. Tool usage is limited to verified educators and generous limits are provided.

This platform is specifically designed for faculty at colleges and universities teaching climate-related topics. It's ideal for those currently developing or refining climate courses.

Verified faculty and staff at any accredited college or university can share course materials. Verification includes a vetting of evidence that an individual is indeed an educator associated with a college or university. Students, alumni, or members of the general public will NOT receive verification.

No, currently you can join the platform and are not required to contribute your own material. This might change in the future as the platform evolves.

All uploaded course materials are shared with other verified educators on the platform. They can download the materials and use them in accordance with platform terms. All materials uploaded into the platform are analyzed and organized by AI for easy search and synthesis.

We leverage AI technology to help analyze and organize syllabi information and course material in order to generate structured insights - quickly and efficiently.

No, currently the Open Climate Curriculum is only geared towards college and university faculty and staff.