The annual International Carbon Literacy Action Day is the world’s largest climate education and action training event of its kind. From every corner of the globe, thousands of people of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities will unite to undergo their day’s worth of Carbon Literacy training, catalysing action on climate change and delivering positive change wherever they are.
The Action Day 2025 coincided with COP30 – the pinnacle climate event of the year. So, while world leaders gathered to discuss and negotiate on climate policy in Belém, Brazil, Carbon Literacy learners were be on-the-ground learning, collaborating and becoming empowered to act and drive impactful, tangible change.
The Action Day is fully inclusive and open to all, and on November 13th we witnessed thousands of people from all walks of life, sectors, genders, ages and nations all around the world, participate in and complete their days’ worth of Carbon Literacy training.
The Carbon Literacy Action Day 2025 was proudly sponsored by Zenith.
Joining the Action Day offers you and your group or organisation the chance to deepen your understanding of climate change and take immediate, meaningful action to combat the climate crisis. As an international event, you will have the opportunity to experience the incredible breadth and diversity of Carbon Literacy as people from all backgrounds and countries unite to complete their training and drive change within their communities and beyond.
This year, use the Action Day as a springboard to generate increased levels of Carbon Literacy and inspire greater climate action in your organisation, community, or way of life, and demonstrate your commitment to helping create a safe and liveable future. Once formally certified as Carbon Literate, learners will be awarded a unique Action Day certificate to mark their impact.
Interested in taking part in CLAD 2026? Express your interest today.
On the Action Day, Carbon Literacy training takes place in locations all around the world. As training finishes throughout the day, organisations share their final figures and results from their training, and we will tally those all-important numbers, learn the impact that the global Carbon Literacy community has had, and calculate the estimated carbon savings as a result.
At 5pm GMT on 13th November, we commenced our Action Day World Tour Webinar – a 90-minute online event where training providers from all around the world joined together in one ‘room’ to reflect on the day. We virtually journeyed to global training venues where training providers shared their experiences and stories, as well as climate commitments made by leaners from the catalytic training day.
Watch the replay of the Action Day 2025 World Tour Webinar.
Just like Carbon Literacy itself, the Carbon Literacy Action Day is for anyone and everyone – no matter whether you are an individual, represent a community or belong to an organisation.
Each year, we have a huge range of organisations from a breadth of sectors including, Education, Local Authorities, Culture, Healthcare, Automotive, Communities, SMEs and many more, that participate in the Action Day.
To get involved in the Action Day, all you have to do is deliver or join an Action Day course.
Just like Carbon Literacy itself, there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to taking part in the Action Day. You can get involved in any way that suits you, your organisation or your community.
To find out more information about how you can get involved this year, we’ve come up with the following five pathways to help you figure out what you can do to take part.
Simply click on the pathway below which sounds most like you.
Please note: Our registration form for CLAD 2026 will become available in spring 2026. Until then, you can express your interest in getting involved in the Action Day by emailing our team at [email protected].
“The training empowered [staff] to engage more readily with our sustainable business model and made a big impact on the team. As a result of the training, this work has in itself become sustainable, with people taking ownership of their own responsibilities towards climate change, both in and out of work.”
ITV Studios – Silver CLO
"The [Carbon Literacy] event was extremely informative as well as shocking in terms of the potential consequences for our city region and beyond. As a leader, it really made you think about your own role-modelling and energised me to really start to drive the agenda from a strategic perspective within my own organisation."
Ian Hopkins, Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable
The Carbon Literacy course has stirred passion within me and has added purpose to how I live. I believe if more people were educated on this subject, the more positive changes and community support we will see
Nikita Star, Student at Manchester Met University
“We were looking for a training course that would ensure all staff received the same level of environmental understanding, for a reasonable cost. Carbon Literacy fit these criteria perfectly”.
Great Places Housing – Platinum CLO
“Some of the most important training I've ever done... I thought I knew about climate change, carbon reduction, and sustainability, I thought we were doing our bit, and then I went on a Carbon Literacy course. One day out of a busy diary, but boy did it make a massive difference. I was wrong on so many things that I thought I knew about."
Alice Webb, Director of BBC North
Interested in taking part in the Action Day 2026? Express your interest today.
Find out the exciting results and read about the impact of our fifth annual Action Day event!