The U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have called for an urgent meeting with leaders of multilateral development banks to discuss strategies for helping countries adapt to extreme heat. Treasury officials emphasized the need for more financing for heat mitigation and the development of new metrics linking rising temperatures to multilateral development bank (MDB) activities. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in remarks seen by Reuters, highlighted the increasing severity and frequency of extreme weather events, including heat waves, from the East Coast of the United States to India.
"Extreme weather events, including heat waves, continue to become increasingly severe and frequent, from the East Coast of the United States to India," Yellen said in remarks to the MDBs seen by Reuters. https://t.co/KihXOYVOfL
US Treasury, USAID call in development banks for urgent talks on extreme heat https://t.co/wCr5VAGwu6
Exclusive: US Treasury, USAID call in development banks for urgent talks on extreme heat https://t.co/trlhLU3miB https://t.co/FXjfLDk44E
🔵 EXCLUSIVE-US TREASURY, USAID CALL IN DEVELOPMENT BANKS FOR URGENT TALKS ON EXTREME HEAT The U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development are calling leaders of multilateral development banks into an urgent meeting on extreme heat and its devastating impact… https://t.co/nx4MfWn8fs
* EXCLUSIVE - US TREASURY, USAID CALL IN HEADS OF MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS FOR TALKS ON HELPING COUNTRIES ADAPT TO EXTREME HEAT - TREASURY OFFICIALS @reuters #heat
⚠️ EXCLUSIVE - **US TREASURY, USAID CALL IN HEADS OF MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS FOR TALKS ON HELPING COUNTRIES ADAPT TO EXTREME HEAT - TREASURY OFFICIALS **US TREASURY'S YELLEN TO SEEK MORE FINANCING FOR HEAT MITIGATION, NEW METRICS LINKING RISING TEMPERATURES TO MDB…