Training Program
Macro-relevant Environment and Climate Change Statistics- Workshop for Managers (CCS-M)
This high-level workshop discusses data needs and gaps to better understand the economic and financial aspects of climate change. Compilation of accurate and timely data, aligned with internationally agreed macroeconomic statistical standards, is crucial for policymakers to formulate effective and targeted fiscal, monetary, financial, and external sector policies. Participants explore the criticality of natural hazards, which significantly impact the broader economy and financial system, affecting both short-term and long-term economic stability through discussions on the role of official statistics.
The workshop focuses on various climate related macroeconomic statistics encompassing environmental revenues and expenditures, natural resource accounts, physical and transition risk, air emission accounts, cross-border aspects of climate change, and measures of sustainable finance. The workshop features a series of engaging lectures and discussion sessions that offer an overview of methodologies for compiling climate change-related indicators, alongside valuable insights into their analytical applications.
Target Audience
Officials from national statistics agencies, ministries of finance, planning, or environment, central banks, financial sector supervisory agencies, and other agencies that are responsible for compiling environment and/or climate change related statistics.
Qualifications
Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, statistics, or a related field; supervising or intending to supervise the work on climate-related macroeconomic statistics.
