Simon Black

Mr. Simon Black is a climate economist at the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department where he specializes in carbon pricing, environmental taxation and climate mitigation. Before joining the IMF, he was a climate economist at the World Bank, a climate economist at the UK’s foreign ministry, and served as a UK negotiator to the UN’s climate body where he helped negotiate the Paris Agreement. He has also worked in financial sector advisory and economic diplomacy. He holds a Master’s degree in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a Master’s degree in International Development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University, where he was a Frank Knox Fellow.

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Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Mitigation Strategies (edX)

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EdX

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International Monetary Fund - IMF

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Learn about comprehensive strategies for designing mitigation policies, how to analyze the impact of such policies, and considerations for scaling up carbon pricing. This online course serves as the second module of a broader Macroeconomics of Climate Change (MCCx) course. In this modular offering, you will learn comprehensive strategies [...]