Climate Politics
IMF Chief Downplays Climate Work After Bessent Criticism
Kristalina Georgieva during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 24.
Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/BloombergThe head of the International Monetary Fund downplayed its work related to climate change after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for the lender to return to its core focus as economic stabilizer.
“People think we have climate experts, we don’t. That’s not our job,” Kristalina Georgieva said in a press conference on Thursday during the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.