Training Program

Officials from national statistics agencies, ministries of finance, planning, or environment, central banks, financial sector supervisory agencies, and other agencies that are responsible for compiling environment and/or climate change related statistics.

Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, statistics, or a related field; compiling or supervising work on climate related macroeconomic statistics.

The focus of the course is on better understanding the relationship between climate change and economic activity. The statistical framework that provides the concepts, definitions, and methodology for measuring this relationship is the System of Environmental Economic Accounting. Participants will learn about physical supply and use tables for energy and air emissions, and indicators that can be compiled from these accounts. Participants will also explore the criticality of natural hazards, which significantly impact the broader economy and financial system, affecting both short-term and long-term economic stability through discussions on the role of official statistics.