Virtual : Macro-relevant Environment and Climate Change Statistics - Introductory Level

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Bibliographic details

Session: AT 23.37V
Location: Ebene, Mauritius
Dates: October 2-6, 2023 (1 week)
Delivery method: Virtual Training
Primary language: English
Interpretation language: French Portuguese
Status: Deadline passed

Event overview and logistics

Session No.: AT 23.37 V
Location: Ebene, Mauritius
Date: October 2-6, 2023 (1 week)
Delivery Method: Virtual Training
Deadline status: Deadline passed
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: French Portuguese
Organized by: IMF Statistics Department

Target audience and qualifications

Target Audience:
- Officials from National Statistics Agencies, Ministries of Finance, Planning and Environment, Central Banks, and other agencies, who are responsible for compiling and/or using environment or climate change related indicators.
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics.

Course format and duration

Five-day virtual course delivered as three-hour daily sessions.
Consists of a series of lectures giving overview of methods for compiling climate change-related indicators and insights into analytical uses.

Topics and statistical coverage

Environmental revenues and expenditures
Natural Resource Accounts
Physical and Transition risk indicators
Air Emission Accounts
Indicators of Sustainable Finance

Course objectives (learning outcomes)

Provide an overview of the type of indicators that can be used to help understand the economic and financial implications of climate change.
Identify data sources, compilation methods and uses of key climate indicators.

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