Applications are currently being accepted for The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) - King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships 2026/2027. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About ACU - King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships
The King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships, inspired by His Majesty King Charles III, will provide professionals working on the frontline of climate adaptation from across the public sector, civil society, and private sector in Commonwealth SIDS with an accredited one-year professional development programme focused on climate adaptation practice.
Benefits of ACU - King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships
A fully funded one-year blended training programme, guided by expert facilitators and mentors, including the following core elements:
- An 18-week online training course (February-July 2026), involving live workshops, self-study, assignments and the following modules:
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- Climate literacy
- Inter-sectoral collaboration
- Influencing policy
- Climate finance
- One five-day in person residential in Jamaica (June 2026)
- A five-month workplace-based applied learning project (August-December 2026)
- The opportunity to acquire the practical tools needed to respond to and build long-term resilience against the current climate crisis with near immediate effect
- Access to a virtual Community of Practice for shared-problem solving and information exchange
- Candidates will undertake the course while continuing their employment. We are actively progressing towards formal accreditation, with the goal of offering a Postgraduate Certificate that reflects the rigour and value of the programme.
ACU - King’s Commonwealth Fellowship Programme Climate Resilience Fellowships Requirements
- Mid-career professionals (across any sector) working in a climate adaptation practice-related role.
- Mid-career is defined as 5-15 years of direct or related experience to climate adaptation practice (or equivalent) – not job title.
- Applicants must have a planned commitment to 10-20 years of increasingly responsible roles within this field.
- Applicants must be employed at an organisation registered in an eligible country with a contract up to at least February 2027.
- Applicants must be citizens of or have refugee status in an eligible country.
- Applicants’ permanent home must be in an eligible country.
- The following countries are eligible:
Africa
Asia
Caribbean and Americas
- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago
Pacific
- Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
30 June, 2026
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