{"product_id":"the-climate-expert-net-zero-strategy-a-briefing-for-young-professionals-9798199092302","title":"The Climate Expert: Net Zero Strategy: A Briefing for Young Professionals","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Climate Expert Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Industries - Energy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Climate Expert\u003c\/b\u003e is a five-volume primer series for young professionals working in climate, sustainability, and ESG. Each volume covers one region of the field in plain language: how it works, where it came from, what the law says, and what a careful professional should doubt. The series is published by Climate Expert Publication, an editorial collective committed to unbiased, knowledge-based information for students, young professionals, and everyone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume covers what organisations do inside that split: how to set a credible target, construct a transition plan, use carbon markets without acquiring unquantifiable liability, decarbonise a supply chain, and account for the workers who bear the cost of that transition.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this volume: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransition planning frameworks in force: the TPT Disclosure Framework, IFRS S2's strategy and transition pillar, ESRS E1-1's transition plan requirement, and GFANZ guidance for financial institutions after the 2024 restructure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSBTi validation mechanics - what the Corporate Net-Zero Standard V1.3 requires, how the April 2024 board statement triggered a staff revolt, what the November 2024 reversal restored, and what V2.0's \"focused and flexible\" Scope 3 framework proposes for targets mandatory from 1 January 2028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompliance carbon markets as binding financial obligations: EU ETS Phase 4, UK ETS, China's national ETS, RGGI, and CBAM's definitive period - certificate surrender obligations, embedded-carbon pricing, and supply-chain procurement implications from 1 January 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVoluntary carbon markets after the integrity reset: Article 6.2 ITMOs and the Article 6.4 Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (standards adopted October 2024, noted at COP29 November 2024), the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles, and the VCMI Claims Code - held apart from compliance markets throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinanced emissions and the financial-institution layer: PCAF methodology, the NZAOA Target-Setting Protocol (the most detailed surviving protocol in the ecosystem), and what target-setting looks like for a bank in 2026 without a functioning alliance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupply-chain decarbonisation and Scope 3 engagement: GHG Protocol Category 15 (investments), Category 11 (use of sold products), and the practical limit of what value-chain engagement can achieve under time-bound SBTi obligations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust transition - what the term means in practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this book is for: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrategy and sustainability professionals at companies with disclosed or forthcoming emissions targets who need to understand SBTi validation, transition plan requirements, and what CBAM obligations mean for procurement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTreasury, risk, and investor-relations staff at financial institutions managing financed-emissions disclosures after the NZBA and NZAM retreats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolicy and government-affairs readers briefing executives on what Article 6.4 delivers, why CBAM generates trade friction, and what remains of CSDDD's transition-plan obligation after Omnibus I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMBA and master's students in sustainable finance, climate strategy, or corporate environmental governance where current textbooks predate the 2024-2026 regulatory consolidation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of \u003ci\u003eThe Climate Expert\u003c\/i\u003e series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume I: Foundations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume II: Climate Risk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume III: ESG Reporting and Disclosure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume IV: Climate Law and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume V: Net Zero Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Climate Expert Publication.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889776836759,"sku":"9798199092302","price":1365.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798199092302.webp?v=1781177709","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-climate-expert-net-zero-strategy-a-briefing-for-young-professionals-9798199092302","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}