Internship with the Climate and Environment Team

Are you looking for an exciting internship opportunity with one of the world’s largest NGOs? Then you might be the new intern in the Climate and Environment team for the Fall semester.

Who are we?

Climate change is the defining crisis of our time, and its impacts are unevenly weighed against the world’s most vulnerable people, the displaced persons that are at the centre of the work of DRC. By identifying climate change and environmental degradation as a prioritized part of the strategic direction of DRC, we acknowledge that climate change and environmental degradation is a global phenomenon that increasingly interacts with the drivers of refugee movements and should be addressed systematically and ambitiously. ​​​​​​​ 

The Climate and Environment team of 3 global advisors is taking lead on setting a strategic direction on global level to support the DRC country teams across the globe to respond to climate change and environmental degradation, to meet the displacement challenges being amplified by climate change, and to prepare and adapt for those to come. The Global Climate and Environment team provides technical support through training, guideline development and direct implementation, and monitoring support to program teams.

About the internship

You will be part of the Climate and Environment Team (C&E Team) supporting a range of programmatic tasks, external and internal communication, collection and dissemination of learnings across the DRC, support in organizing in-person and online events and workshops, research on program-related topics, and other tasks identified throughout the team’s activities.  

Key tasks of the internship can vary according to your study direction and interests:

Programmatic support on

• Project engagement, the development of training materials, Greening Month of September 2025, Performance Report 2024 and C&E Team Annual Retreat (Copenhagen).
• Collection and dissemination of learnings across the DRC.
• Knowledge Management such as collecting and organizing visual materials (pictures, videos, etc.) on Climate & Environment for reports and communication and updating the Climate & Environment inventory with information from 2025. 

Communication

• Create an internal communication agenda with the goal of increasing engagement taking care of it throughout the internship including drafting the DRC Climate & Environment Newsletter. 
• Support and update internal channels of communication such as the Insite Page, the Viva Community, the Green Society and the NEAT+ Network as well as external channels of communication such as the webpage.

Desk Research

• Desk research key topics of interest to support ongoing activities (e.g. climate finance, disaster-risk reduction, nature-based solutions, regenerative agricultural design, climate-induced displacement and migration, among others).
• Explore research topics on the intersection of climate, environment, human mobility, displacement, humanitarian action, and development to be explored by the team for applied research projects.

We offer flexibility in the type of tasks, so you also have the possibility to influence the tasks, subject to what is relevant for your study program.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to be open-minded and interested in learning new areas of work within climate and environment areas, a good communicator (verbal and written) and proactive. 

All employees and interns in DRC should master DRC's core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity. 

It is a requirement that you are enrolled in a university in order to be considered for the internship. Preferably studying a degree related to environment, climate, international development, communication or the like. 

We offer

Contract length: 4-6 months subject to study requirements and further dialogue.

Workplace: DRC Headquarters located Borgergade 10, Copenhagen. Danish Refugee Council’s headquarters in Copenhagen will move to Lyngbyvej 100, 2100 Østerbro, just by Ryparken station, in the fall of 2025.

Start date: 11th August 2025. We can be flexible on the start date.

Working hours: Approximately 30 hours per week, subject to study requirements and further dialogue. We offer flexibility when you have study obligations next to the internship.

The internship is not paid but we offer:

• 2,08 (unpaid) vacation days per month. The days can either be spent as you earn them or be accumulated
• Free lunch in our canteen (subject to our canteen being open)
• Free participation in our year-end party

Please note that if you do not have the right to work in Denmark (through nationality or existing work visa), you will need to apply for it should you be selected for the internship. DRC will support with the process, but please note it can take up to three months from initiating the process. You can read more here.

Application process

All applicants must send a cover letter, an updated CV in English as well as documentation that you are enrolled in a university. If you are applying for more than one internship with DRC, please indicate so in your cover letter.

Closing date for applications: 20th July 2025. We expect to conduct interviews the 29th of July at the DRC Headquarter in Borgergade 10, Copenhagen, or online if the applicant is not located in Copenhagen.

Further information

For questions regarding the internship please contact Lillah Emmik Sørensen, The Global Lead on Climate and Environment: lillah.soerensen@drc.ngo 

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.