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Turn your interests into impact. Explore jobs, internships, career resources, and tools to help you discover and pursue opportunities across energy, environment, climate, and sustainability.



Energy, Environment & Sustainability Career Specialist


Let’s Talk Climate Careers: Whether you’re exploring your options or actively searching for an opportunity, I can help you navigate careers across climate, energy, environment, and sustainability—from identifying career paths and employers to networking, applications, and interview preparation.

Careers Beyond Borders: A Boot Camp for Working in Emerging Markets

Interested in exploring career opportunities in emerging economies? Careers Beyond Borders is a two-day interactive workshop taking place October 12–13, 2026, designed for Duke undergraduate and graduate students across all degree programs. Participants will explore career pathways and opportunities across …

By Carl Thompson
Carl Thompson Assistant Director, Career Services
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Rotational Programs: A Great Way to Start an Energy Career

You know you want to work in energy or climate.

Great.

Now comes the harder question:

Doing what?

Project development sounds interesting. So does operations. Maybe finance. Strategy could be a fit. And what exactly does someone working in energy …

By Carl Thompson
Carl Thompson Assistant Director, Career Services
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So, You’re Interested in Climate Startups?

Maybe you’re interested in entrepreneurship. Maybe you’ve been hearing more about climate tech. Or maybe joining a small team working on batteries, carbon removal, climate AI, sustainable materials, grid technology, or another emerging solution just sounds exciting.

But what does …

By Carl Thompson
Carl Thompson Assistant Director, Career Services
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EES Career Resources

Use Duke-specific resources to discover employers, opportunities, internships, fellowships and organizations connected to energy, environment, climate and sustainability.

Learn how to build professional relationships in climate and sustainability through alumni outreach, informational interviews, industry events and professional communities.

You do not need one specific major to build a climate career. Learn how skills from engineering, business, policy, data, …

Searching only “sustainability” can hide thousands of relevant opportunities. Learn which job titles and keywords to use when searching for …

Climate employers do not all recruit on the same schedule. Learn when different sectors tend to hire, what to expect …

Learn more about jobs in the sustainability sector from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business Katie Kross, Managing Director Center for …

Scholarships & Grants

Career Readiness Resources

Use Duke-specific resources to discover employers, opportunities, internships, fellowships and organizations connected to energy, environment, climate and sustainability.

Learn how to build professional relationships in climate and sustainability through alumni outreach, informational interviews, industry events and professional communities.

You do not need one specific major to build a climate career. Learn how skills from engineering, business, policy, data, …

Searching only “sustainability” can hide thousands of relevant opportunities. Learn which job titles and keywords to use when searching for …

Climate employers do not all recruit on the same schedule. Learn when different sectors tend to hire, what to expect …

Featured Courses

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Fundamentals for Financial Decision Making

Taught by Corporate Finance Institute (CFI)
Whether you’re in investment banking, commercial banking, private industry, or investment management, you will need to understand the key concepts…

Introduction to ESG: Environmental, Social, and Governance

Taught by Fulya Kocak Gin
In this course, instructor Fulya Kocak Gin explains what the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) umbrella encompasses, why there is…

Sustainability Strategies

Taught by David Bennell
A changing climate compels us to change the way we do business. Incorporating sustainability into your business can help your…

Project Management Foundations

Taught by Bonnie Biafore
Project management is a set of techniques that anyone can apply to achieve goals and make projects more successful. Project…

Green Building Concepts Foundations

Taught by Fulya Kocak
Green buildings offer a host of environmental and economic benefits while supporting the health and well-being of their occupants. In…

Design Thinking: Implementing the Process

Taught by Chris Nodder
You, or someone in your management chain, thinks that design thinking is the answer to all your problems. Now it’s…

Writing 270, Composing the Internship Experience: Digital Rhetoric and Social Media Discourse (ALP, W)

Taught by Denise Comer
Writing 270, Composing the Internship Experience: Digital Rhetoric and Social Media Discourse (ALP, W)  Online Asynchronous in Summer 2022. Are…

Climate Change: A Top ESG Concern

Taught by Fulya Kocak Gin
Climate change lies at the heart of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) approach to business. If you’re looking to…
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