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Climate Change Policy Analysts
Research and analyze policy developments related to climate change. Make climate-related recommendations for actions such as legislation, awareness campaigns, or fundraising approaches.
- US jobs
- 89,250 (SOC 19-2041 group, "Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health")
- Median wage
- $82,220 a year
- Job family
- Science and research
Can agents do the work of climate change policy analysts?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Science and research:
- Task levelPartialThin evidence. CORE-Bench asks agents to reproduce the results of published papers in computer science, social science, and medicine from the authors' code and data. Princeton's HAL team declared it solved in December 2025: Claude Code with Claude Opus 4.5 scored 95.5% after manual regrading. No benchmark in our collection tests new experiments or lab work.
- Project levelNot yetThin evidence. On PaperBench, where agents replicate machine learning papers from scratch, the best official result is 26.0% (o1, April 2025). On a small subset, ML PhDs scored 41.4% against o1's 26.6%. No newer official results exist, and no benchmark tests research projects in other sciences.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in science and research, not always this occupation's tasks.
- 95.5%Claude Code + Claude Opus 4.5 (after manual regrading) · 3 Dec 2025Solved
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Provide analytical support for policy briefs related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, or climate change.
- Propose new or modified policies involving use of traditional and alternative fuels, transportation of goods, and other factors relating to climate and 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.
- Make legislative recommendations related to climate change or environmental management, based on climate change policies, principles, programs, practices, and processes.
- Present climate-related information at public interest, governmental, or other meetings.
- Gather and review climate-related studies from government agencies, research laboratories, and other organizations.
- Review existing policies or legislation to identify environmental impacts.
- Promote initiatives to mitigate climate change with government or environmental groups.
- Research policies, practices, or procedures for climate or environmental management.
- Write reports or academic papers to communicate findings of climate-related studies.
- Develop, or contribute to the development of, educational or outreach programs on the environment or climate change.
Other job titles for this occupation (21)
Climate Advisor · Climate Analyst · Climate and Energy Program Associate · Climate Economist · Environmental Policy Analyst · Policy Analyst · Policy Associate · Policy Research Associate · Regional Science Advisor · Clean Energy Policy Analyst · Climate Change Analyst · Climate Change Risk Assessor · Climate Change Specialist · Cumulative Effects Analyst · Ecological Risk Assessor · Environmental Change Analyst · Environmental Risk Assessor · Global Climate Change Analyst · Global Climate Change Researcher · Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Specialist · Regional Climate Change Analyst