## Inclusive Growth - Climate Change (IGx-CC)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Inclusive Growth - Climate Change (IGx-CC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/igx-cc)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 22, 2025

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### Overview and Purpose
- The course addresses the nature of climate change and its role as a major threat to the sustainability and inclusiveness of societies.
- It examines how climate change impacts lives and introduces policy responses to counter its effects.
- Policy responses covered include mitigation efforts, adaptation to inevitable changes (even with mitigation), and approaches to ensure reforms are inclusive.

### Target Audience and Qualifications
- Targeted at mid-level to senior officials involved in:
  - economic and strategic planning;
  - monitoring and evaluating policy strategies for reducing poverty and inequality;
  - promoting job creation.
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.

### Course Objectives
- Upon completion, 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.

### Key Themes and Policy Areas
- Nature and risks of climate change:
  - societal risks;
  - economic risks;
  - environmental risks.
- Policy responses:
  - mitigation policies to limit future climate change;
  - adaptation policies to manage inevitable changes;
  - inclusive reform design to protect vulnerable populations and promote equitable outcomes.

### Delivery and Audience Reach
- The International Monetary Fund offers online training to government officials and the public as part of capacity development efforts.

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## References

- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/igx-cc_