EdX

Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Climate Risks for the Financial Sector (edX)

Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Climate Risks for the Financial Sector (edX)

Learn the key components of financial and monetary policies that can help manage physical and transition climate risks. This online course, presented by the IMF's Institute for Capacity Development, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, and Research Department, serves as the fifth in a six-part "Macroeconomics of Climate Change (MCCx)" series.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see EdX's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

In this offering, you will learn the key components of financial and monetary policies that can help manage physical and transition climate risks.

What you'll learn
By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Identify the need for improving the availability of climate-change-related financial information and the three building blocks underpinning climate information architecture.
  • Explain latest developments in regulation and supervision of climate related financial risks and the theoretical basis for climate risk regulation shaping designs of regulatory and supervisory frameworks.
  • Describe the importance of assessing climate risks using stress testing frameworks and provide an overview of climate scenarios as well as climate risk analysis frameworks.
  • Describe the implications of climate change risks on central bank operations and how central banks can adjust their operations to mitigate financial sector risks stemming from climate change.
Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Climate Solutions (edX) EdX
University of Edinburgh,EdinburghX

Climate Solutions (edX)

We are in a Climate Emergency. The actions we all choose to take over the next decade will decide whether we succeed or fail to meet the biggest challenge to our civilisation in the 21st century. Learn how you can help tackle climate change. The Climate Solutions course is designed and delivered by award-winning climate change experts and educators.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Diagnostic macroéconomique (edX) EdX
International Monetary Fund - IMF,IMFx

Diagnostic macroéconomique (edX)

Grâce à cours, apprenez à évaluer la situation macroéconomique d'un pays au moyen d’outils pratiques qui vous aident à effectuer des analyses macroéconomiques. Dans ce cours en ligne sur les diagnostics macroéconomiques (MDSx), vous apprendrez à vous servir de certains outils pratiques qui vous aideront à analyser la situation macroéconomique d’un pays.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage (edX) EdX
University of Edinburgh,EdinburghX

Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage (edX)

Explore the technology that can provide a long-term solution to protect our atmosphere from an excess of carbon dioxide, in the context of global energy, our use of fossil fuels, and climate change. The atmosphere is a shared resource and the amount of greenhouse gases it can absorb is a finite resource. This introductory course to the technology of Carbon Capture and Storage is designed for a wider audience with an interest in energy, sustainability and climate change.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (edX) EdX
International Monetary Fund - IMF,IMFx

Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (edX)

Learn how to develop an efficient, inclusive and stable financial sector that is essential for a thriving economy. This course was developed by the IMF in collaboration with the European Investment Bank. Higher rates of financial inclusion and financial market development mean more prosperous societies. But how to make it all happen? This course outlines common ways countries develop robust financial sectors – from banks to equity markets.

Self Paced
Self-Paced
Macroeconomic Management in Resource-Rich Countries (edX) EdX
International Monetary Fund - IMF,IMFx

Macroeconomic Management in Resource-Rich Countries (edX)

What macroeconomic policy issues and challenges confront resource-rich countries?This course explores how policy-makers cope with the finite nature of the resources and the volatility of prices. In this online course on Macroeconomic Management in Resource-Rich Countries (MRCx), you will learn about macroeconomic policy issues and challenges that confront resource-rich countries (RRCs).

Self Paced
Self-Paced