Applications Now Open – Deadline: 31 May 2025, 23:59 BST
The Centre for Climate Engagement (CCE) is offering a wide range of internship opportunities for Summer 2025. Now in its fourth year of running, we are delighted to open our applications for this year’s programme.
Our internships provide students and early-career professionals with the chance to contribute to real-world climate policy, legal innovation, and research communication projects. The CCE summer Internship programme is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students of UK universities (up to one-year post-completion of degree).
This year we are delighted to be collaborating with the newly independent Climate Governance Initiative (CGI) to deliver various internships focused on climate governance, finance, international engagement and communications.
Mateusz Grzegorczyk joined CCE as an intern in 2024. He said:
“The internship at CCE allowed me to apply my knowledge and research skills to tackle a real-world challenge rooted in the complex barriers limiting local authorities’ autonomy to invest in climate initiatives. While conducting interviews, I also connected with senior leaders across both the public and private sectors, developing a network that has already delivered tangible benefits in advancing my career.
If you’re seeking an opportunity to grow rapidly and make a meaningful impact on the UK’s green transformation, all while working alongside some of the brightest minds in Cambridge academia, this is one you shouldn’t miss.“
You can read about last years internship programme here. More details on all of the positions available this year are provided below:
Available Internships
CCE Roles:
- Law for Climate Action Intern (two to four positions available)
This role will work on multiple projects focused on law, policy and climate change, which may include: i) drafting updates and expansions to the CCE’s ‘Law and Climate Atlas’, a collaboration with the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance which maps intersections between law and climate change; ii) providing high quality research to support current and planned CCE projects focused on law, policy and corporate governance; iii) drafting targeted briefings or reports which explain complex climate law and policy issues in a concise manner; iv) reviewing and updating key internal and external documents and resources; and v) engaging with key stakeholders to inform research and drafting. There will be several interns appointed to this programme of work. - Policy Intern
This role will support the Climate Policy programme at the Centre for Climate Engagement by supporting the production of the reports and outputs for a local net zero project funded by Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme. There may also be scope for the intern to work to support the production of other policy outputs (for example, the policy briefings for Chapter Zero). - Policy – LDC Influence Mapping Intern
This role will support the development of key outputs for its local net zero project funded by Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme. The intern will work on the development of an ‘Influence-Mapping’ section of the Locally Determined Contributions guidance, and subject to additional funding, the intern will also support on a discreet and impact-focused project to implement the Influence-mapping section of the LDC Framework guidance with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA). This important work will support the development of their 2026 climate change strategy. - Academic Engagement Intern
This role will support the Academic Engagement programme by contributing to the coordination and development of the Centre’s strategic engagement networks and activities. The role offers experience in strategic engagement of thought leadership across disciplines and is ideal for someone interested in working at the intersection of research, policy, law, and business. - Communications Intern
This role will support the Head of Communications and Head of Operations at the Centre for Climate Engagement by contributing to the Centre’s communications outputs and helping prepare tools and insights that underpin strategic goals. This role offers experience across digital content, stakeholder engagement, and communications planning within a climate-focused, academic environment.
CGI Roles:
- Climate Governance Principles Intern
This role will support a refresh of the Principles for Effective Climate Governance to better address current and emerging climate challenges, including integration of nature governance, recognising the interconnectedness of climate and natural ecosystems. - Impact Measurement Intern
This role will support the mapping of methodologies, tools and indicators used by various membership-based organisations to assess the impact of their interventions. - Directors’ Duties Navigator Intern (CCLI)
This role will work with the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative to support updates to the CGI’s Directors’ Duties Navigator, a key resource for international board directors. NB. This is a 6 week internship. - Community Engagement (Emerging Markets) and Professional Education Intern
This role will provide understanding of the landscape of board directors, and the corporate governance framework in the Africa regions and sustainability issues which affect them. The internship will also research partners working with chapters who deliver courses and update the global list of climate governance courses for NEDs provided by business schools and other providers. - Capacity Building Intern (SE Asia)
This role will carry out a desktop review of what would support capacity building of board directors on climate governance, as well as getting involved in gathering country-specific data on companies and specific NEDs for Southeast Asia . - Financial Reporting & Disclosure Intern
This internship will conduct desk research to create a digestible, easily accessible map of reporting and disclosure frameworks, for an international board-level audience, liaising with a variety of stakeholders. - Investor Mapping Intern
This role will conduct desk research to develop a cross referencing of data sets to enable investor/ sectoral board-level targeting of Financial Sector Programme activities. Data analysis will include: Climate 100 plus data and a mapping of investors linked to heavy emitters, WBA country selections / board members / links to chapter membership. The project will involve working with a range of stakeholder. - Finance Sector Influence Stakeholder Map Intern
This internship will involve mapping of the finance sector ecosystem, identifying key points of influence to create a comprehensive stakeholder map and a briefing note, detailing findings and emerging trends. - Event Communications and Digital Analytics Intern
This internship will provide social media and communications support to the coverage of the CGI Geneva conference in June 2025. The work will include an analysis of digital reporting statistics, resulting in guidance documents which detail how to extract information from relevant platforms. NB: this is a 4 – 5 week internship.
Application Information
📄 Each position has a full Job Description, including responsibilities, required skills, and estimated time commitment.
🌐 Most roles are remote (in the UK) and up to 20 days.
💼 You can apply to only one role.
How to Apply
CCE internships: Apply directly to the Centre for Climate Engagement at climate@hughes.cam.ac.uk
CGI internships: Apply directly to the Climate Governance Initiative at recruitment@chapterzeroalliance.org
If you’re looking to build experience at the intersection of climate, governance, and impact—join us.
For queries about the internship programme please contact us at Climate@Hughes.cam.ac.uk
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