Climate Progress Center

Climate
Progress
Center

Our mission is to inspire people about the progress being made towards sustainability, and to help students invest in careers to fight climate change.

Explore majors & careers About us
A green seedling against a blue sky Climate Progress How close are we to a sustainable future? 0%
No change100%
1.5°C · Paris goal 48% of the warming gap closed since Paris →

What we do

Four ways we help students see the progress and find their part in it.

Aerial view of a green waterfront cityClimate ProgressOne honest measure of how far the world has come. Aerial view of terraced rice fieldsMajors & CareersHow 13 majors connect to the path to zero emissions. Gloved hands holding 3D-printed lattice materialsExpert insightsTakeaways from professors, scientists and climate leaders.A sea turtle swimming near the ocean surfaceClimate anxietyTurn worry into a plan you can act on.

Majors and Careers

Turn your passion into climate impact.

Every major plays a role on the path to zero emissions. Each guide shows real salary and job data, the climate solutions you’d work on, and how to start in high school.

See all 13 majors
Terraced fields from aboveEnvironmental Science$82,660 median · 113,160 employed The U.S. Capitol domePublic Policy$91,290 median · growth score 95 Bridges and towers of a coastal cityCivil Engineering$95,890 median · 355,410 employed Lattice materials in gloved handsMaterials Science$104,160 median · growth score 86

13

majors & careers

9

expert interviews

2.5M

U.S. jobs in the careers we profile

Insights from top climate experts

Exclusive takeaways from the people doing the work.

Meet all 9 experts →
Kristen AverytKristen AverytExecutive VP of Science, American Geophysical UnionPair a broad climate background with one specialty.On Environmental Science → Jennifer DionneJennifer DionneProfessor of Materials Science, StanfordEmail the lab, then follow up. Persistence works.On Materials Science → Daniel CusworthDaniel CusworthDirector of Science, Carbon MapperData science can take you anywhere in climate.On Data Science →

Climate Progress

Few people know how close the world is to solving climate change. Do you?

We’re combining Project Drawdown’s climate solutions, from seaweed and silvopasture to concentrated solar and cement, into one estimate of global progress.

Explore climate progress

How close are we to a sustainable future?

0%
No change100%
1.5°C · Paris goal

48%

of the warming gap closed since Paris: projected warming fell from 3.6°C to 2.6°C. See the methodology →

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