Inclusive Growth - Climate Change (IGx-CC)
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Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 24.169
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024 (18 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating policy strategies for reducing poverty and inequality; and promoting job creation.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.
Course logistics and scheduling
- Session No.: OL 24.169
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024 (18 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
Course description
- Addresses the nature of climate change and its role as a major threat to the sustainability and inclusiveness of societies.
- Examines how climate change impacts lives at country and global levels.
- Introduces policies to counter climate change effects, including:
- Mitigation efforts.
- Adaptation to inevitable changes that will occur (even with mitigation).
- Approaches to make reforms inclusive.
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Define climate change and the societal, economic, and environmental risks posed at the country level and at the global level.
- Outline the key policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
- Design a reform strategy to address climate change, considering country-specific circumstances and ensuring the reforms are inclusive.
Additional institutional note
- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public.