The intern will work directly with the Senior Solutions Fellow for Policy and Resilience and program staff to assist with both short-term and long-term research projects related to climate change resilience. Businesses and government agencies at all levels are preparing for the climate change impacts affecting their communities today and expected to increase in the future. The C2ES Resilience Intern will have the opportunity to study one or more aspects of resilience planning in detail, in close collaboration with C2ES’s resilience experts. Potential research topics include federal flood insurance policy, electricity sector resilience and reliability, and urban planning as it relates to climate resilience. The specific area(s) of research will depend upon the intern’s background. Prior to being hired, the selected candidate must be able to provide proof of academic credit or funding from an accredited college, university, or third party for research. Funding must cover at least minimum wage.

Major Responsibilities:

• Conduct independent research and analysis on one or more resilience policy topics, with supervision provided by C2ES resilience experts.
• Contribute to staff research and analysis of resilience topics, for example by attending public events in the Washington, DC area related to resilience.
• Develop and contribute to written material including, possible blog posts and policy briefs published on the C2ES website.
• Support C2ES resilience team activities through an enthusiasm to learn and a willingness to engage in intellectual debate.
• Willingness to pitch in at all levels

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or graduate studies in a field complementary of C2ES staff expertise. Desirable academic majors include Environmental Science, Climate or Atmospheric Science, Civil or Environmental Engineering, Urban Planning, and Public Policy.
• The ideal candidate will be currently enrolled in a graduate program, though undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.
• Interdisciplinary understanding of the climate change resilience issues (e.g. science, engineering, urban planning, policy, or finance) is a plus.
• Top notch writing skills
• Ability to think critically and work independently.
• Willingness to learn and pitch in at all levels.

Status:  Full- or part-time internship

About the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: C2ES is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to forge practical solutions to climate change. Our mission is to advance strong policy and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote clean energy, and strengthen resilience to climate impacts. A key objective is a national market-based program to reduce emissions cost-effectively. We believe a sound climate strategy is essential to ensure a strong, sustainable economy.

C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and is widely recognized as an influential and pragmatic voice on climate issues. We are:

• A Trusted Source – Ranking regularly among the top environmental think tanks in the world, C2ES provides timely, impartial information and analysis on our pressing climate and energy challenges.
• A Bridge-Builder – We bring city, state, and national policymakers together with businesses and other stakeholders to achieve common understanding and consensus solutions.
• A Policy Innovator – We develop market-based solutions and other practical policy approaches that deliver real and lasting climate progress.
• A Catalyst for Business Action – We work with Fortune 500 companies to strengthen business action and business support for effective climate policy.

For more information about the C2ES visit www.c2es.org.

To apply – send cover letter, resume, and writing sample to:

Human Resources Department
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 550
Arlington, VA 22201

or electronically to hr@C2ES.org

C2ES is seeking one full-time Energy Policy Intern to work on a remote basis in the Summer of 2021. This internship provides the ideal candidate the opportunity to work on energy policy research at C2ES, including: hydrogen and other low carbon fuels, reducing power sector emissions, and reducing industrial sector emissions. The intern will work directly with the Senior Energy Fellow and other C2ES program staff.

North Carolina Sea Grant is accepting applications for the 2021-22 NC STEM Policy Fellowship. Graduate students trained at North Carolina institutions of higher education will be placed into high-level state government offices focusing on policy topics related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, often known collectively as STEM.

Sea Grant oversaw a pilot program in 2020-21. Funds provided through Sea Grant and a generous matching grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund allow for new fellows to begin Aug. 1, 2021.

The fellowships are full-time positions at 40 hours per week working for one year with the host offices.

“The North Carolina fellows gain valuable experience and professional development opportunities while working in host offices engaged in STEM policy and policymaking processes,” explains Susan White, North Carolina Sea Grant’s executive director.

Our hazard mitigation planning team at Wood is looking for an intern who is available for 20-40 hours/week through the summer, with the possibility for continued work after that. Our team is fully remote right now, and we expect that will continue through the summer, but we’re based in Durham/RTP.

On-call (20-40 hours per week) intern position in Wood’s highly-regarded Hazard Mitigation program to support hazard mitigation, resiliency, and floodplain management services and other comprehensive planning opportunities for state and local governments and other clients.

Responsibilities

• Working in a team environment to support the development of Hazard Mitigation Plans that meet Disaster Mitigation Act
  of 2000 (DMA 2000) standards.
• Perform risk assessment analyses on hazard data and write significant portions of planning documents
•  Evaluate clients’ existing mitigation “capabilities” through on-line research of local plans, regulations, policies and programs, and review of programs and documents
• Support planning team for development of committee and public meeting materials
• Oversee data collection and documentation from clients (state and local government)
• Assist with the identification and description of cost effective, technically feasible, and environmentally sound mitigation actions (projects)
• Assist with National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and floodplain management projects
• Provide research and writing tasks as necessary to support a wide range of planning (e.g. comprehensive planning) and resiliency projects
• Supporting public and stakeholder engagement activities

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, emergency management, civil/environmental engineering, geography, environmental science, or related field.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated and capable of independent work, but demonstrated ability to work on project teams.
• Strong writing and document preparation skills a must; strong MS Office skills, particularly related to planning documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Work sample will be required.
• Experience developing or reviewing DMA 2000 hazard mitigation plans preferred.
• Knowledge of FEMA programs preferred, including working knowledge of federal pre- and post-disaster grant programs including HMA, BRIC, HMGP, FMA and CDBG-DR.
• Knowledge of Hazus/GIS, FEMA Benefit Cost software, EMAP, NFIP and CRS a plus.
• Experience with one or more of the following is a plus: hazard mitigation planning, community rating system, comprehensive planning, recovery planning, climate change adaptation planning, resiliency planning, emergency operations planning, energy assurance planning, and business continuity planning.

If interested, send resume, cover letter, and work sample to Abby Moore (abigail.moore@woodplc.com). More information here.

GeoAdaptive is an interdisciplinary consulting firm focused on providing research, spatial analyses and strategy to aid decision making. We are seeking team-oriented, energetic, curious, and dedicated candidates for a position as a summer intern. The position is available for 10-12 weeks during the summer of 2021. Students graduating in Spring 2022 or recent graduates are preferred, but all are encouraged to apply.

While the internship may take place in Boston, MA, due to COVID-19, we are currently working remotely.

As a summer intern you will play a critical role in a variety of our active projects, conducting spatial and quantitative analyses as well as developing new methodologies and tools that can be implemented in our projects across the world. Candidates should be passionate about analytics and design, and have interdisciplinary research interests that include land use, transportation, infrastructure, environment, and development. Experience with quantitative analysis of demographic data and socio-economic indicators is also critical for successful candidates. Candidates are also preferred to have strong creative thinking skills, written and verbal communication skills, graphic representation skills (charts, graphs, cartography etc.), and must work well in teams. Experience working internationally and foreign language skills are preferred but not required.

The American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP) connects and supports climate change adaptation professionals to advance innovation and excellence in the field. We believe that climate change is a real and serious danger to all sectors and systems; that adaptation and resilience build stronger, more prepared communities, ecosystems, and economies; and that equity and environmental justice should be centered in all work that adaptation professionals do. ASAP members are building essential climate resilience for communities, ecosystems, and economies across North America. The ASAP network keeps them connected, sharing, learning, and adapting.

We are seeking an Adaptation Fellow to lead ASAP’s work preparing communities to receive climate migrants for 20 hours/week between May 2021-March 2022. This is an extra‐budgetary, grant‐funded position. This position will be paid hourly at a rate between $18 and $25 and includes paid time off and professional development opportunities. Location is U.S. based, but otherwise flexible. This position reports to the ASAP Deputy Director.

Deadline to apply is April 4, 2021. Applicants should be available to start between May 1-May 15, 2021.

Responsibilities

Support 3-5 cross-disciplinary teams developing climate-informed methodologies to predict migration into the Great Lakes region.

• Facilitate productive conversations between team members from different disciplines (e.g. demography, climatology, and urban planning)
• Coordinate monthly peer-learning and knowledge-sharing opportunities for teams
• Coordinate process for drafting and submitting peer-reviewed publication(s)

Design and implement conversations with individuals and groups across sectors and scales affected by climate migration

• Use a collaborative process to design conversation protocols
• Manage relationships with people participating in conversations
• Use qualitative methods to synthesize and report information shared during conversations

Design and implement virtual events to share project findings and educate the climate adaptation community

• Design and implement webinars
• Design and implement a multi-day virtual capstone conference for the project

Participate in project strategy development

• Collaborate with ASAP Executive Director, ASAP Deputy Director, and external partners on project implementation, funding, scaling, and transfer strategies

What makes a great candidate?

Knowledge, skills, and experience important to succeed in this role

• Interest in climate migration.
• Commitment to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• At least one year of graduate-level coursework focused on climate change adaptation/climate resilience.
• Experience designing or implementing virtual events.
• Experience coordinating and facilitating groups.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent ability to manage time, remain organized, and pay attention to details.

Skills and abilities that are important for you to thrive in the ASAP workplace

• Desire and ability to work both on a collaborative team and independently.
• Proficiency in Google Suite (GMail, Google Hangouts, and Google Calendar).
• Fluency in using video and audio calling, text, email, and digital calendar to connect and communicate across a remote team.

Things that would make your application stand out

• Familiarity with common issues and terms relevant to the topic of climate migration.
• Experience with peer reviewed publication submission processes.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary or cross-disciplinary teams.
• Experience using Zoom Meeting and Zoom Webinar to host virtual events.

Hiring Process

• Deadline to apply is April 4, 2021.
• Phone screenings will begin the week of April 5.
• Video interviews will begin the week of April 12.
• Hiring decision will be made at the end of April or the beginning of May.
• Applicants should be available to start between May 17-May 27, 2021.

Adaptation Fellow (Part-Time, Temporary) – Remote Work

Arcadis is seeking a summer intern (2020) in Virginia Beach, Virginia focused on planning and engineering resilient coastal communities. The internship is seeking to train remarkable students to become leaders in innovative, pre-disaster, resiliency design strategies. The selected candidate will be given the opportunity to participate in planning and engineering projects that are making our nation’s coastal cities more resilient. Arcadis will provide exposure to leading practices and practitioners in the field relevant to the fellow’s area of study.

The internship is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students with research experience or training in areas including, but not limited to: urban planning, engineering, resilient design, and/or coastal flooding adaptation strategies. Applying engineering students should have a background in civil and environmental engineering, or related field. The intern will work alongside Engineers and Planners at Arcadis’ Virginia Beach, VA office.

Required Qualifications: Pursuing a BS or MS in Public Policy, Engineering or related discipline.

Bloom Energy faces an unprecedented opportunity to change the world and the way energy is generated and delivered.  Our mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable globally.  Bloom’s Energy Server delivers highly reliable and resilient, always-on electric power that is clean, cost-effective, and ideal for micro grid applications.  We are helping our customers power their operations without disruption and combustion. We are looking for a summer policy intern to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies.

This position will support Bloom’s policy team in advancing Bloom’s legislative, regulatory, and business development efforts with federal, state, and local governments. The right candidate will be self-motivated, well organized, a team player, and able to manage the demands of simultaneous projects. He/she should be a skilled writer and communicator.

Location: This position will work remote, ideally based in the San Jose, CA; Newark, DE; or Washington, DC metro areas.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• • Excellent written and verbal skills; excellent listener
  • Ability to support multiple concurrent tasks
  • Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities
  • The ability to work remotely and independently with colleagues across the country
  • Ability to distill complex concepts and information into impactful presentation materials
  • Strong experience with leveraging spreadsheets, systems and processes to complete tasks
  • Eagerness to learn
  • Strong interest in energy, environmental justice, climate, and policy issues

Skills and Experience:

• • Working knowledge of PC business software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Highly motivated and a self-starter
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Must demonstrate a bias for action and implementation
  • Proven and demonstrated teamwork skills
  • You are currently pursuing an Undergraduate or Master’s degree, and are successfully maintaining an above average GPA, preferably 3.0 or higher.
  • This internship is scheduled to begin June 2021 and end on approximately August 2021.

About Bloom Energy:

At Bloom Energy, we strive toward a 100% renewable future. Our Energy Servers are adaptable to new and innovative fuels while already acting as a cleaner and far more resilient source of power than existing solutions. We see hydrogen as a significant game-changer in the world’s energy usage, and Bloom Energy fuel cells and electrolyzers will be the industry standard for clean, efficient, and reliable energy production. We anticipate being able to work in concert with other renewable energy technologies to create a comprehensive system that will change the way energy in the world is produced, stored, transmitted, and used. For more information visit: www.bloomenergy.com.

Organizational Overview: Columbia Riverkeeper (Riverkeeper) is a successful nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the Columbia River watershed. Riverkeeper has offices in Hood River and Portland, Oregon. Riverkeeper is a leader in high-profile campaigns to protect our region from fossil fuel infrastructure, toxic pollution, the Hanford Nuclear Site, and other threats to Columbia River communities and salmon habitat.

Position Description: The Community Organizer Intern will gain valuable experience working with Riverkeeper staff, partner organizations, diverse community coalitions, and frontline communities who are successfully working together to stop dangerous fossil fuel developments along the Columbia River, the impacts of which would contribute to the growing climate crisis.
The Community Organizer Intern will have the opportunity to develop skills in the areas of grassroots organizing, community engagement, group facilitation, public outreach, and more.

Location: Flexible. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we anticipate the intern will work remotely in Oregon or Washington.

Status: Temporary, Non-Exempt

Description of Duties: The Community Organizer Intern works with the Riverkeeper team to support and implement strategic campaigns to advance Riverkeeper’s work to protect communities, the Columbia River, and our shared environment from harmful fossil fuel developments. Specific duties include:

• Build Grassroots Power: The Community Organizer Intern works closely with the team to engage river communities threatened by fossil fuel infrastructure, like fracked gas refineries, oil-by-rail terminals, and pipelines. This includes: building and maintaining a grassroots volunteer base, recruiting new activists by phone-banking or participating in virtual events, supporting development of new resources, and participating in coalition meetings.

• Communicate to Members and Public : The Community Organizer Intern will assist the team with digital communications. This includes drafting social media content, recording short videos, and interviewing community members.

No goods or services were provided in exchange for this contribution. Columbia Riverkeeper is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN 91-1583492.

Desired Qualifications and Skills

• Interest in gaining knowledge about building power in communities, public interest advocacy, environmental justice, the fossil fuel industry, and climate change.

• Commitment to advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Experience or interest in digital communications such as social media, journalism, and graphic design. Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Interest in or lived knowledge of working with frontline communities.
• Interest in non-profit work.
• Interest in community organizing/advocacy, working with Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities, environmental science, and creative thinking are a plus.

Line of Supervision: The Community Organizer Intern reports to the Community Organizer.

Duration: 40 hours per week for 10 weeks

Compensation: $16 per hour

To Apply: P lease email a cover letter, resume, and three references to kate(at)columbiariverkeeper(dot)org with the subject line, “Community Organizer Internship.”

Application Deadline: Deadline for applications is March 31, 2021. Apply early: applications received before the deadline will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Start Date: approximately May 31, 2021, but flexible depending on intern schedule

Title: Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern

Department: Executive Office

Status: Non-Exempt

Reports to: Senior Director of Climate Strategy

Location: Flexible

Duration: 12 Weeks – May-August 2021 (start and end dates flexible)

Schedule and Compensation: 40 hours per week; $15.00 per hour

General Description: LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.

Our over 2 million members, our volunteers and staff, and our more than 30 state affiliates (together, the Conservation Voter Movement) work for a more just and equitable democracy, where people—not polluters—determine our future. This movement is an influential national network with unparalleled influence in Washington, DC, in state capitals, and in communities around the country. We are unmatched in our ability to ensure meaningful action on our key issues. We aim to bring people and communities together across racial, geographic, political, religious, economic and other differences toward collective goals instead of dividing us from one another.

This internship will focus on helping LCV’s national climate campaign succeed in its mission of passing climate policies through Congress that center clean energy jobs and environmental justice. The intern will gain first-hand experience in leveraging all of the tools in the advocacy toolkit—from lobbying to communications to grassroots organizing—to achieve big policy wins. The policy agenda we will work to fulfill aligns with the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better agenda, which emphasizes scaling renewable energy, electrifying our buildings and transportation infrastructure, and dramatically cutting fossil fuel use.

LCV is seeking a Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern who will support the Senior Director for Climate Strategy in running and supporting issue campaign work to (1) secure the passage and implementation of a progressive climate, jobs, and justice policy agenda at the federal level, and to (2) ensure that federal resources spur massive clean energy infrastructure growth at the state and local level. A special project could include researching how state-level clean energy and clean transportation infrastructure needs (e.g. financial resources to electrify buildings and buses in the K-12 school sector) could be met with federal climate investments. Another area of focus might involve working, in tandem with the Senior Director for Climate Strategy, to ensure that the various LCV climate capacities—organizing, communications, and lobbying—are working together synergistically to maximize impact.

The Climate Policy and Campaigns intern will join a cohort of LCV interns. Summer interns participate in brown bag lunches with various members of LCV’s senior management team, including President Gene Karpinski.

Intern Will Gain Experience in:

• Understanding how a large environmental organization leverages influence within the halls of government and at the grassroots level within states and communities to advance bold climate solutions.

• Supporting advocacy work to advance legislation and Administrative policies that will result in hundreds of thousands of high-quality clean energy jobs, and expand climate justice.

• Gaining experience in understanding how a multifaceted environmental non-profit–with multiple capacities including lobbying, grassroots organizing and communications–leverages these assets to make substantive societal change.

• Researching opportunities to expand racial, social and economic justice in climate policies at the state and national level.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Work Experience: 6 months administrative support work, including internship experience preferred. Interest in clean energy and climate solutions, such as renewable energy, vehicle and building electrification and climate resilience strategies is essential. Familiarity with the climate or environmental movement is a plus.

• Skills: Highly organized; strong attention to detail; excellent written and oral communications skills; strong research skills; exhibits solid judgment; critical thinking skills; able to work independently and as a team; able to handle multiple tasks; self-starter; proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite.

• Cultural Competence: Shares our commitment to increasing racial diversity in our movement and organization, integrating racial justice and equity into the work we do, and ensuring an inclusive organizational culture. Commitment to environmental protection and mission of LCV.

• Conditions: The location of this position is flexible. Please note that all LCV staff and interns are currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume via email with “Climate Policy and Campaigns Intern” in the subject line no later than March 14, 2021. No phone calls please.