Macro-relevant Environment and Climate Change Statistics

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Bibliographic details

• Session: HQ 27.01
• Location: Washington, D.C., United States
• Dates: January 25, 2027 - February 5, 2027 (2 weeks)
• Delivery method: In-person Training
• Primary language: English
• Status: Deadline passed

Training program overview

• Program title: Macro-relevant Environment and Climate Change Statistics (CCS)
• Session No.: HQ 27.01
• Location: Washington, D.C., United States
• Date: January 25, 2027 - February 5, 2027 (2 weeks)
• Delivery Method: In-person Training
• Primary Language: English
• Status: Deadline passed

Target audience and qualifications

• Target audience:
  • Officials from national statistics agencies
  • Ministries of finance, planning, or environment
  • Central banks
  • Other agencies responsible for compiling environment and/or climate change related statistics
• Qualifications:
  • Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, statistics, or a related field
  • Working or intending to work in the compilation of environmental and climate change statistics

Course description — scope and topics

• Purpose: Provide a comprehensive understanding of key macroeconomic indicators related to climate change essential for informing economic and financial policies
• Emphasis: Compilation of accurate and timely data based on internationally agreed macroeconomic statistical standards to support fiscal, monetary, financial, and external sector policies
• Topics covered:
  • Environmental expenditures
  • Taxes and subsidies
  • Natural resource accounts
  • Physical and transition risk indicators
  • Air emission accounts
  • Energy accounts
  • Cross-border aspects of climate change
  • Indicators of sustainable finance
• Methods and format:
  • Series of lectures, workshops, and plenary discussions on country practices
  • Methods for compiling environmental and climate change statistics, including data sources

Course objectives — participant competencies on completion

• Provide an overview of the concepts and classifications used in environmental accounting
• Provide an overview of the data and indicators that can be used to analyze economic and financial implications of climate change
• Identify data sources and apply the compilation methods of key macro-relevant environmental and climate change statistics
• Describe the crucial role of climate financing in climate change discussions
• Explore how climate change indicators can help develop economic policies to address climate change

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