The Climate Frontline is a monthly newsletter brought to you by the Government Energy and Climate Campus. 

In this month's edition...

• Now on the Campus: 7 new free courses for public servants
• Vote now: What climate term gets misused the most?
• And finally: Could sharks be losing their bite?

The latest insights from the Apolitical network

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Natural Gas Pricing & De-incentivising Rooftop Solar

Could energy pricing decisions be quietly driving emissions up instead of down?

The ESG journey in the Manaus Free Trade Zone

What would it take to make the world’s most ESG-friendly industrial zone?

Don’t miss: Explore 7 new climate courses

The Government Energy and Climate Campus has just launched 7 new courses, created with global experts for climate leaders and practitioners. Topics include climate budgeting, systems change, transport, human rights and more.

These courses are free for a limited time thanks to support from the Bezos Earth Fund and Quadrature Climate Foundation.

Creating Climate-Resilient Transport Systems: A Guide for Public Servants

Future-proof your transport systems by learning to understand the climate risks you face, identify options and opportunities and implement your solutions in practice.

Valuing Nature: Policy Options and Instruments

Discover the importance of nature valuation, practical methods for measuring it and strategies for balancing environmental, social and economic priorities. 

Climate Leadership through Systems Change

Explore governments achieving outsized impacts and learn to approach climate change through a holistic, cross-system perspective.

Human Rights for Climate-Resilient Governance

Equip yourself with the tools to integrate human rights into policy design and stakeholder engagement, preventing injustices and supporting effective implementation.

NDCs: Design and Implementation

Develop the knowledge and tools to help design, implement and report on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the national climate action plans drawn up under the Paris Agreement.

From Vision to Impact: Climate Budgeting for Leaders

Using international case studies, explore how to use climate budgeting to mainstream climate action in cities and municipalities at a strategic level. 

Climate Budgeting: Practical Approaches for Public Servants

Unlock the tactics and tools to use climate budgeting as a method for mainstreaming climate goals into daily operations and budgeting.

Connect with your peers: Energy and Climate Community

Keep up with the latest insights from public servants working on climate from around the world. From reading lists to polls, see what others are saying and add your voice to the conversation.

Vote now: Which climate term do you hear getting misused or misinterpreted the most?

In case you missed it

[Community] How to create more eco-conscious AI prompts

A new UNESCO report details how small changes to prompts can reduce LLM energy use by up to 90% without hurting performance.

[Event] Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators (GGR-D) Programme

This free event will celebrate the achievements of the 4.5-year programme and foster debate on what comes next for GGR in the UK.

[Community] Summer reads: Nature edition

What's on our members' reading lists this summer? Find out what others are suggesting and add your own recommendations. 

And finally...

New research suggests that ocean acidification may corrode sharks' teeth, proving that even apex predators aren’t immune to climate impacts. In a controlled experiment simulating future acidic ocean conditions, scientists found visible damage to shark teeth, including cracks, holes and structural weakening.

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