Climate change is one of the main challenges facing the planet’s population. The World Economic Forum ranks climate change and the failure to implement effective policies among the top five economic risks for the business world. Its impacts are pervasive and deeply interrelated with all aspects of our society. Hence the need to prepare professional leaders with a high-level scientific profile thanks to the integration of the Master with the PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change.
Ca’Foscari University of Venice and the CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) organize the Master of Research in Science and Management of Climate Change targeted at international students with experience or interest in dealing with scientific and socioeconomic aspects of the urgent global challenges posed by global warming.
The 2nd-level Master programme builds on the 10-year unique experience of the PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change, pioneered by Ca’ Foscari and CMCC in collaboration with Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS).
OPEN DAY 24 APRIL 2026
The Open Day for the 9th edition of the Master programme in Science and Management of Climate Change is schedule on April 24th 2026, 4:00 p.m. (Italian time)
The Master of Research in Science and Management of Climate Change is a 1-year programme aimed at creating experts capable of managing the complex and multi-faceted dimensions of the grand challenges posed by climate risk by integrating the scientific and socio-economic aspects in a unique programme. It prepares experts with a broad and thorough scientific background in economics, climate science, valuation techniques, and with specific modeling skills.
During this Master you will learn to understand and synthesize the biophysical and socio-economic nature of climate change, evaluate the socio-economic implications of climate change risks, and design innovative policy solutions and risk management strategies. You will acquire familiarity with a suite of methodological, analytical, statistical and modeling tools you will be able to apply in order to:
- Explain the physical and economic nature of climate change and their uncertainty
- Assess the socio-economic impacts of climate change, their costs and benefits
- Estimate and manage climate change risk
- Analyze, evaluate, and design innovative climate policy solutions
- Assess the economic costs and benefits of mitigation and adaptation policies and projects
- Conceive transformational pathways in the context of sustainable development
- Synthesize and communicate the different dimensions of climate change and their uncertainties to different users
The Master of Research in Science and Management of Climate Change is aimed at preparing professional leaders capable of managing the complex and multi-faceted risks posed by climate change, as well as the opportunities that might arise.
ONE-YEAR MASTER’S PROGRAMME
ACTIVITIES
Didactic activities: 360 hours
Labs: 30 hours.
Internship: 250 hours.
Total ECTS/CFU: 66
COURSE PERIOD
From mid-September 2026 till June 2027
LANGUAGE
English
COURSE LOCATION
- Ca’ Foscari Challenge School at VEGA Parco Scientifico Tecnologico di Venezia, Edificio Porta dell’Innovazione, Venezia Marghera
- San Giobbe Campus, Fondamenta San Giobbe,Venezia
- Scientific Campus, via Torino 155, Mestre
APPLICATION
The call for the 9th Edition will be published in May 2026.
CONTACTS AND MORE INFORMATION
PROGRAMME COORDINATOR
Prof. Francesco Bosello
DEPUTY COORDINATOR
Prof. Jeremy Stephan Pal
TEACHING COMMITTEE
Carlo Barbante, Stefano Battiston, Francesco Bosello, Loris Calgaro, Carlo Carraro, Luca Cosmo, Andrea Critto, Enrica De Cian, Silvio Giove, Paolo Girardi, Carlo Giupponi, Jeremy Stephan Pal, Wilmer Pasut, Ilaria Prosdocimi, Francesco Vona, Davide Zanchettin
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