Climate change and policy responses to climate change pose significant risks to financial and fiscal stability, poverty and inequality and the long-run growth prospects of the world economy.

To that end, the Task Force on Climate, Development and the International Financial Architecture is a consortium of experts from around the world utilizing rigorous, empirical research to advance a development-centered approach to climate change across the international financial architecture (IFA). The Task Force believes it is imperative that the global community support climate resilience and transitions to a low-carbon economy in a just manner. The mission of the Task Force is to advance a development-oriented climate policy in the international financial architecture through rigorous empirical research, policy engagement and strategic communications.

Latest Work

• Climate Change and External Fragility: Lifeline Fund as a Financial Arrangement for V20 Countries

  April 15, 2026

  On the sidelines of the 2026 World Bank & International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings, the Barbados Presidency of the Climate Vulnerable Forum–Vulnerable Twenty Group of Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) announced the launch of a new crisis funding mechanism for vulnerable... [ More ]

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