Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse urged the International Monetary Fund to keep up with its work on climate, as the Trump administration criticizes the lender’s approach to the topic.
In a letter to IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva this week, Whitehouse said the Washington-based Fund should continue its analysis of the “significant risks” related to climate change, citing direct impacts to the global economy.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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“It has been reported that the IMF may bend to pressure from the Trump administration to scale back this work,” he wrote. “Doing so would be a grave mistake that would undermine the IMF’s mission to ensure ...
