Macroeconomics of Climate Change - Climate Risks for the Financial Sector

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Training Program presented by the Institute for Capacity Development and Monetary and Capital Markets Department.
Fifth course in a six-part Macroeconomics of Climate Change (MCCx) series.
Course Description: an online course to learn the key components of financial and monetary policies that can help manage physical and transition climate risks.
Deadline status: Deadline passed.

All government officials are welcome to register.
Particularly beneficial for officials in finance, economy, and planning ministries who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or implement policy.

Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

Identify the need for improving the availability of climate-change-related financial information and the three building blocks underpinning climate information architecture.
Explain latest developments in regulation and supervision of climate related financial risks and the theoretical basis for climate risk regulation shaping designs of regulatory and supervisory frameworks.
Describe the importance of assessing climate risks using stress testing frameworks and provide an overview of climate scenarios as well as climate risk analysis frameworks.
Describe the implications of climate change risks on central bank operations and how central banks can adjust their operations to mitigate financial sector risks stemming from climate change.