Will AI replace Climate Change Policy Analysts?
AI reaches most of this job’s work.
74/100
Very high exposure
More exposed to AI than 98% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 93% of the work
What the job involves
Research and analyze policy developments related to climate change. Make climate-related recommendations for actions such as legislation, awareness campaigns, or fundraising approaches.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(13)
- Provide analytical support for policy briefs related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, or climate change.
- Prepare study reports, memoranda, briefs, testimonies, or other written materials to inform government or environmental groups on environmental issues, such as climate change.
- Analyze and distill climate-related research findings to inform legislators, regulatory agencies, or other stakeholders.
- Propose new or modified policies involving use of traditional and alternative fuels, transportation of goods, and other factors relating to climate and climate change.
- Present climate-related information at public interest, governmental, or other meetings.
and 8 more
Out of reach(1)
- Promote initiatives to mitigate climate change with government or environmental groups.
Also called
Climate Advisor · Climate Analyst · Climate and Energy Program Associate · Climate Economist · Environmental Policy Analyst · Policy Analyst · Policy Associate · Policy Research Associate
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics