[Career review] “Research & advocacy promoting impactful climate solutions” by Arden Koehler

In a nutshell: We suspect that different ways of tackling climate change vary significantly in their impact. This means focusing on the most effective methods is likely much higher impact — especially if you focus on the most extreme risks from climate change.

Sometimes recommended — personal fit dependent

This career will be some people's highest-impact option if their personal fit is especially good.

Review status

Based on a shallow investigation

Why might taking an effective altruist approach to mitigating climate change be high impact?

If the effectiveness of different approaches to mitigating climate change vary greatly, taking an effective altruist approach to climate change — and focusing on the most effective ways of working on the problem — could make a big difference.

We don’t have well-developed career advice in this area. But here are some rules of thumb for choosing approaches we think can help maximise your impact:

1. Focus on the most [...]

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Outline:

(00:26) Sometimes recommended — personal fit dependent

(00:37) Review status

(00:42) Why might taking an effective altruist approach to mitigating climate change be high impact?

(03:42) Examples of potential career paths

(05:09) Want one-on-one advice on pursuing this path?

(05:29) Learn more

(06:11) Learn about other high-impact careers

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First published:
October 22nd, 2021

Source:
https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/effective-altruist-approach-to-climate-change

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