In 2021, ACCO established an editorial board to review and provide comprehensive feedback on the CC-P® Study Guide, a digital textbook that will serve as an important step as ACCO advances the Certified Climate Change Professional® credential.

We are proud to announce that starting May 1, 2023, the CC-P® program will incorporate thanks to the collective work of this team:

  • Updates to standards, science and common practices

  • More illustrative examples and enhanced graphics

  • Insights from CC-P® professionals and practitioners

  • More samples and details from across geographic regions around the world

  • Revamping of the live online training program to include homework assignments, revised exercises and recommended resources

  • Summer 2023 publication of a comprehensive study guide (a digital textbook)

Roadmap to Publication of the Study Guide

  • March 2023:
    Manuscript of the textbook

  • May 1:, 2023
    All live and self-study course modules are updated to reflect manuscript content

  • May/June 2023:

    Updates to all graphics & permissions for 3rd party graphics

  • July 2023 - March 2024:
    Final editing of the textbook

  • Spring/Summer 2024:
    Publication of the CC-P® Study Guide

Editorial Board

Thank you to the exceptional generosity and effort provided by the editorial board
and ACCO staff who have supported this important project.

Experts & Practitioners

  • Thomas Bateman -- Professor, Self and University of Virginia

  • Louise Bedsworth -- Executive Director, Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment, University of California, Berkeley

  • Jacqueline Drumheller -- Sustainability Consultant, Self

  • Holly Emerson -- Enterprise Climate Impact Leader, Trane Technologies

  • Jette Findsen — Sr. Program Officer - Climate Investment Standards, American Carbon Registry

  • Tim Frazier -- Full Professor and Faculty Director, Georgetown

  • Ned Gardiner — Climate Resilience Toolkit Engagement Manager, NOAA

  • Greg Guibert — Senior Resilience Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

  • Tyler Hansen -- Postdoctoral Researcher, Technical University of Denmark

  • Adrienne Hollis — Senior Climate Justice and Health Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists

  • Brendan Leblanc — Retired, EY

  • Fred Lipschultz — Senior Scientist, U.S. Global Change Research Program

  • Susan Love — Climate and Sustainability Office Administrator, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

  • Chad McGuire — Professor, Public Policy, UMass Dartmouth

  • Ellen Mecray — Regional Climate Services Director - Eastern Region, NOAA

  • Richard Miller -- Director, Office of Sustainability, Institute of the Environment, University of Connecticut

  • Don Pagach -- Professor, NC State University

  • Lindene Patton -- Partner, Earth and Water Law, LLC

  • Sim Segal -- President, SimErgy Consulting and Director of ERM Program, Columbia University

  • Josh Silverman -- Director of Environmental Protection and ES&H Reporting, US DOE

  • Nancy Sutley -- Senior Assistant General Manager of External and Regulatory Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer, LA Department of Water and Power

  • Susanne Torriente — Global Technology Leader for City Resilience, Jacobs

  • Anthony Underwood -- Associate Professor of Economics, Dickinson College

  • Paul Wagner — Faculty and Fellow, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability

CC-P® Reviewers

  • Jennifer Aiosa -- Chief Sustainability Officer, Baltimore County, Maryland

  • Laura Armstrong -- Director, Sustainability Program, Maryland Dept. of the Environment

  • Rachel Bannon-Godfrey -- Vice President, SDG Impact Leader, Stantec

  • Alicia Betancourt -- University of Florida Extension Director, Monroe County, University of Florida

  • Sarel Cousins -- Administrator (Planner), Maryland Department of Agriculture

  • Gavin Dillingham -- Director, HARC

  • Jason Dubow -- Manager, Resource Conservation & Management Unit, Maryland Department of Planning

  • Sandy Hertz -- Director, Office of Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation, Maryland Department of Transportation

  • Brent Jett -- Coastal Resiliency Group Leader, GMB

  • Adam Johnson -- Director of Workforce Development, Northern Pennsylvania Regional College

  • John Kumm -- Senior Engineer/Senior Project Manager, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC

  • Jill Lemke -- Manager, Strategic Planning & Special Projects, MDOT Port Administration

  • Yohannes Mariam -- Senior Economist, People's Counsel of the Distract of Columbia

  • Quin Robertson -- Senior Scientist, Coastal Protection Engineering

  • Kristen Taddonio -- Sr. Climate & Energy Advisor, IGSD

  • Hilari Varnadore -- Vice President for Cities, USGBC

  • Jeff Yorzyk -- Director of Sustainability, HelloFresh US

Program Managers

  • Study Guide Authors:
    Dick White / Sally Ann Sims

  • Project Manager:
    Chris Cortina

  • Project Coordinator:
    Jenni Nowakowski