Workshop: Macro-relevant Environment and Climate Change Statistics

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Bibliographic details

• Session: JV 24.22
• Location: Vienna, Austria
• Dates: July 30, 2024 - August 1, 2024 (1 week)
• Delivery method: In-person Training
• Primary language: English
• Status: Deadline passed

Overview

• The workshop is a three-day course conducted by the Statistics Department.
• The course familiarizes participants with key climate change related indicators to better inform economic and financial policies.
• The statistics covered include:
  • Environmental revenues and expenditures
  • Natural Resource Accounts
  • Physical and Transition risk indicators
  • Air Emission Accounts
  • Indicators of Sustainable Finance

Target Audience and Qualifications

• Target Audience:
  • Officials from National Statistics Agencies, Ministries of Finance, Planning and Environment, Central Banks, and other agencies responsible for compiling and/or using environment or climate change related indicators.
• Qualifications:
  • Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics.

Logistics

• Session No.: JV 24.22
• Location: Vienna, Austria
• Date: July 30, 2024 - August 1, 2024 (1 week) New dates
• Delivery Method: In-person Training
• Primary Language: English
• Registration status: Deadline passed

Curriculum and Methods

• Structure:
  • A series of lectures giving an overview of methods for compiling climate change-related indicators.
  • Insights into the analytical uses of climate change-related indicators.
• Topics emphasize:
  • Identification of data sources
  • Compilation methods for key climate indicators
  • Analytical uses for informing economic and financial policy

Learning Objectives

• Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
  • Provide an overview of the type of indicators that can be used to help understand the economic and financial implications of climate change.
  • Identify data sources, compilation methods, and uses of key climate indicators.

References

• In-person Training
• Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)
• Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)
• Fiscal Sustainability (FS)
• Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)
• Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)