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  "title": "Macroeconomics of Climate Change - Mitigation Strategies (MCCx-MS)",
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  "summary": "Macroeconomics of Climate Change - Mitigation Strategies Training Program Macroeconomics of Climate Change - Mitigation Strategies (MCCx-MS) This online course serves as the second in a six-part Macroeconomics of Climate (MCx) series.",
  "publishDate": "2025-08-01",
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    {
      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- The course is an online training program and is the second in a six-part Macroeconomics of Climate (MCx) series.\n- The course focuses on comprehensive strategies for designing mitigation policies, analyzing the impact of such policies, and considerations for scaling up carbon pricing."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target audience:\n  - Officials in finance, economy, and planning ministries who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or implement policy.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Some knowledge of economics is helpful."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:\n- Explain the rationale for mitigation as a policy approach.\n- Identify the appropriate components of mitigation policy instruments.\n- Compare the advantages and disadvantages of carbon pricing as a key mitigation instrument for countries.\n- Identify how to analyze and quantify the macroeconomic impacts of mitigation policies.\n- Determine key considerations for policymakers when strategizing to scale up carbon pricing at the domestic and international level."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Key topics covered",
      "content": "- Rationale for mitigation policies.\n- Components and design of mitigation policy instruments.\n- Carbon pricing: advantages, disadvantages, and scaling considerations.\n- Methods to analyze and quantify macroeconomic impacts of mitigation policies."
    }
  ],
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    "The course is an online training program and is the second in a six-part Macroeconomics of Climate (MCx) series.",
    "The course focuses on comprehensive strategies for designing mitigation policies, analyzing the impact of such policies, and considerations for scaling up carbon pricing.",
    "Target audience:",
    "Qualifications:",
    "Explain the rationale for mitigation as a policy approach.",
    "Identify the appropriate components of mitigation policy instruments.",
    "Compare the advantages and disadvantages of carbon pricing as a key mitigation instrument for countries.",
    "Identify how to analyze and quantify the macroeconomic impacts of mitigation policies.",
    "Determine key considerations for policymakers when strategizing to scale up carbon pricing at the domestic and international level.",
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    "Components and design of mitigation policy instruments.",
    "Carbon pricing: advantages, disadvantages, and scaling considerations.",
    "Methods to analyze and quantify macroeconomic impacts of mitigation policies."
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