Compilation of Macro-relevant Environment and Climate Change Statistics - Advanced
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Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 24.29
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Dates: November 11-22, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Officials from National Statistics Agencies, Ministries of Finance, Planning and Environment, Central Banks and other agencies, who are responsible for compiling environment and/or climate change related indicators.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; with experience in the compilation of environment and climate change statistics.
Course description and pedagogical approach
- Administered by: Statistics Department
- Format:
- Series of lectures, workshops, and plenary discussions on country practices describing methods for compiling environmental and climate change statistics, including data sources.
- Opportunities for participants to discuss compilation challenges they have encountered and to gain insights into analytical uses of environmental and climate change statistics.
- Learning topics:
- Sources and methods to develop macroeconomic relevant climate change-related indicators that can inform economic and financial policies.
- Assessment of global/open-source datasets for compilation purposes.
- Different approaches and methodologies used to estimate indicators.
Covered statistics and analytical focus
- Statistics covered include:
- Environmental revenues and expenditures
- Natural Resource Accounts
- Physical and Transition risk indicators
- Air Emission Accounts
- Sustainable Finance indicators
Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Provide an overview of the concepts and classifications used in environmental accounting.
- Provide an overview of the data and type of indicators that can be used to help understand the economic and financial implications of climate change.
- Identify data sources and understand the compilation methods of key macroeconomic relevant environmental and climate change statistics.
- Identify the ways in which these indicators can be used to develop economic policies aimed to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change.