COE Leadership Accelerator
The Climate of Emotions Leadership Accelerator is a four-month blended leadership development program equipping emerging climate leaders (ages 16–30) with emotional intelligence, narrative leadership, and facilitation skills to transform climate emotions into action.
The program includes live learning sessions, coaching, and an applied community project—culminating in a global alumni network of emotionally intelligent changemakers.
How to Apply
If you’re ready to grow as a climate leader and take your work to the next level, we invite you to apply for the COE Leadership Accelerator. Stay tuned and check this page as the applications will open soon.
Participant Selection Criteria
– Age: 16–30 years old
– Commitment: Availability and willingness to participate fully in the 4-month program, including group coaching sessions and implementing a community impact project
– Language: Ability to engage in the primary language(s) of the cohort or willingness to participate with support
Application Process
Accelerator Overview
The COE Leadership Accelerator is designed to strengthen emotional resilience, develop transformational leadership, catalyze local action, and foster global solidarity.
GROW SKILLS
Participants build practical skills to navigate climate anxiety and burnout, cultivating the inner strength needed for sustainable activism. They grow as leaders who can mobilize communities through empathy, storytelling, and systems thinking.
TAKE ACTION
Each participant applies these skills by designing and implementing a COE-inspired initiative focused on emotional and climate wellbeing in their own context.
BUILD NETWORK
Through this shared journey, the program builds a diverse, connected cohort of youth leaders who support one another and amplify impact across regions.
MEASURE IMPACT
Participants assess impact and develop best practices for ongoing implementation and dissemination.
Accelerator Components
The Accelerator includes four core components:
- Interactive Learning: Skill-building sessions led virtually by global experts on emotional intelligence, storytelling, systems thinking, and communication for change.
- Small Group Coaching: Monthly sessions deepen self-awareness, confidence, community connection, goal setting and feedback on projects.
- Community Impact Project: Each participant designs and delivers a COE-inspired project using the emotional intelligence and facilitation toolkit in their local context.
- Evaluation & Sustainability Planning: Participants measure impact, reflect on learning, and develop strategies to sustain, share and scale their work
Who is the Accelerator for?
The Climate of Emotions Youth Leadership Accelerator is for young people (ages 16–30) who are already active in climate or community initiatives and ready to take their leadership to the next level. These youth are organizing, educating, advocating, or creating change, and they recognize that to sustain and scale their impact, they need to build deeper emotional resilience and leadership capacity. Whether they are leading with momentum or feeling disheartened and seeking reconnection, participants share a strong commitment to their communities and a readiness to grow as emotionally intelligent changemakers. Applicants must have a clear focus for their work and be prepared to design and implement a community-based project; this is not an entry-level program.