## Macroeconomics of Climate Change - Mitigation Strategies (MCCx-MS)

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**Canonical URL:** [Macroeconomics of Climate Change - Mitigation Strategies (MCCx-MS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/mccx-ms)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 1, 2025

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### Overview
- 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 and qualifications
- Target audience:
  - Officials in finance, economy, and planning ministries who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or implement policy.
- Qualifications:
  - Some knowledge of economics is helpful.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- 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.

### Key topics covered
- Rationale for mitigation policies.
- 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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## 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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/mccx-ms_