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Registration Details

Single Workshop:

  • $595 (general) / $395 (gov't)

Note: If you missed the first two workshops, you can register for the third workshop and leverage online training to catch up.  E-mail Daniel Kreeger for more information.

Discounts:

  • 20% discount for individual members and training affiliates
  • Limited complimentary registrations available for ACCO organizational members

ACCO is offering a series of 2-day training academies in Washington, DC to enable attendees to earn the Certified Climate Change Professional® (CC-P®) credential.

Held in partnership with the District Department of Energy and Environment and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, workshop participants will learn from experts about the implications of climate change with a regional focus added for the Washington, DC area and surrounding mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Professionals from the public and private sectors, higher education and the NGO community will benefit from the classroom-style, interactive training activities.The workshops are designed to provide participants with the following competencies:

  • Recognizing situations where climate change outcomes affect the organization
  • Assessing impacts of specific situational outcomes
  • Enabling enterprise management of climate related initiatives
  • Assessing and quantifying climate risks and opportunities
  • Educating the organization on managing short-term and long-term uncertainty
  • Tailoring communication to different audiences
  • Leading organizational change initiatives
  • Developing and overseeing training programs
  • Attributing value to resource consumption
  • Extending organizational capabilities and maintaining good stewardship of actions taken through collaboration and partnership
  • Developing strategies for bundling, comparing and/or relying on existing management models

Series Schedule

Workshop #3: July 20-21, 2017 (click here to download the workshop brochure & agenda)
A new series will be scheduled to begin in 2018

Confirmed Instructors for Workshop #3

  • Richard Crespin – CEO, CollaborateUp
  • Helen Moser – Manager, CollaborateUp
  • Lindene Patton – Partner, Earth & Water Group
  • Keith Rizzardi – Associate Professor, St. Thomas University School of Law
  • Daniel Kreeger – Executive Director, Association of Climate Change Officers
  • Additional instructors to be announced shortly

A Glance at the Learning Progression and Series Structure

Workshop #1

Exam Preparation

  • Prepares you for the Climate Science & Vulnerability Assessment exam module
  • Partially prepares you for either the Governance, Law & Policy or the GHG, Energy & Water Management exam module (remaining prep materials are covered in the 2nd workshop)

Elective Requirements

    • 3.5 hours

    Workshop #2

    Exam Preparation

    • Prepares you for the GHG, Energy & Water Management exam module
    • Partially prepares you for the Governance, Law & Policy exam module (remaining prep materials are covered in the 3rd workshop)

    Elective Requirements

      • 4.5 hours

      Workshop #3

      Exam Preparation

      • Prepares you Governance, Law & Policy exam module
      • Prepares you for the Materiality, Risk Management & Economics exam module

      Elective Requirements

        • 6 hours