About the CC-P® Candidate Exams
Entrance Exam Details
The Entrance Exam is a 50-question test taken online with a 90-minute time limit.
The recommended training programs below (in-person and/or online) are approximately 21 hours in length.
Climate Science & Vulnerability Assessment
Assesses your understanding of climate science and the capacity to conduct vulnerability assessments and inform organizational or regional decision-making with critical resources.
Recommended ACCO Course Modules:
Climate-101: Understanding Climate Science & the Latest Projections
Climate-103: The Basics of Sea Level Rise and Impacts on Coastal Assets & Infrastructure
Climate-201: Identifying Climate Hazards & Conducting Vulnerability Assessments
GHG, Energy & Water Management
Examines your grasp of greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, related reporting, and the role of GHG and natural resource management in an organization's operations.
Recommended ACCO Course Modules:
GHG-101: Basics of GHG Accounting, Reporting & Disclosing GHG Emissions
GHG-201: Establishing GHG Reduction Goals & Management Structures
Policy & Ethics
Tests your comprehension of policy mechanism and your understanding of ethics, liability and professionalism.
Recommended ACCO Course Modules:
Governance-102: The Legal/Policy Landscape of Climate Change & Related Implications
Governance-103: Ethics, Liability & Professionalism
Closing Exam Details
The Closing Exam is a 30-question test taken online with a 45-minute time limit. This exam will be available in Summer 2021 (note: length and time limit subject to change).
The recommended training programs below (in-person and/or online) are approximately 11 hours in length.
Governance
Assesses your understanding of organizational change and stakeholder engagement fundamentals.
Recommended ACCO Course Modules:
Governance-101: Engaging Stakeholders & Establishing Early Strategies for Leading Organizational Change
Risk Management & Economics
Tests your capacity to conceptualize materiality, more advanced risk management practices and economic impact assessment.
Recommended ACCO Course Modules:
Enterprise-201: Fundamentals of Enterprise Risk Management
Economics-101: Climate Change Macro- & Micro-Economics