Compilation of Macro-relevant Environment and Climate Change Statistics - Advanced
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- Session: HQ 24.08
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: August 19-30, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
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
- The in-person, two-week course, conducted by the IMF Statistics Department, will familiarize participants with the sources and methods to develop macroeconomic relevant climate change-related indicators that can inform economic and financial policies.
- Participants gain an understanding of:
- environmental accounting concepts;
- how to assess global/open-source datasets that can be used for the compilation; and
- the different approaches and methodologies used to estimate the indicators.
- The course consists of a series of lectures, workshops, and plenary discussions on country practices describing the methods for compiling environmental and climate change statistics, including data sources.
- Participants will have the opportunity to discuss compilation challenges they have encountered and gain insights into the analytical uses of the environmental and climate change statistics.
Statistics and topics covered
- 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; and
- Identify the ways in which these indicators can be used to develop economic policies aimed to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change.