Essential Climate & Carbon Books
Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
A practical framework leveraging OKRs to achieve net-zero global emissions.
The Voluntary Carbon Market: A Practitioner's Guide
Comprehensive guide to carbon offset accounting, registries, and trading mechanics.
Net Zero: How We Stop Climate Change
Economic analysis of carbon pricing, energy transition, and policy instruments.
Designing for the Circular Economy
Strategies for zero-waste product design and sustainable supply chains.
Recommended Climate Podcasts
My Climate Journey
Interviews with climate tech founders, investors, and policy experts.
The Carbon Copy
Weekly business & policy analysis of the clean energy and climate technology boom.
Carbon Smart Podcast
Deep dives into carbon markets, VCM protocols, CBAM, and Article 6.
Catalyst with Shayle Kann
Deconstructs the decarbonization of energy, transportation, and industry.
Top YouTube Channels
UN Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Official keynotes, COP summit recordings, and global climate initiative updates.
Our Changing Climate
Visual essays on climate solutions, renewable tech, and environmental justice.
Verra Standards
Webinars on Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) methodologies and carbon accounting.
Climate Town
Informative and engaging breakdown of climate policies, fossil fuel economics, and greenwashing.
Climate & Carbon Glossary
VCM (Voluntary Carbon Market)
A decentralized marketplace where private individuals, corporations, and NGOs purchase carbon credits to offset their emissions voluntarily.
CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism)
EU regulation placing a carbon tariff on carbon-intensive goods imported into the European Union.
Article 6 (Paris Agreement)
Guidelines enabling countries to cooperate voluntarily in achieving emission reduction targets, including ITMO transfers.
Additionality
The requirement that carbon offset projects result in GHG reductions that would NOT have occurred without financial support from credit sales.
Scope 1, 2, 3 Emissions
Scope 1 (direct owned emissions), Scope 2 (purchased electricity/heat), Scope 3 (all indirect value chain emissions).