Africa: IMF’s New Resilience, Sustainability Trust to ‘Turn the Needle’ on Climate, Pandemic Crises?
[allAfrica] Cape Town — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is warning that the frequency and magnitude of disasters like global warming is driving other, less visible, and disruptive crises in the short term while also carrying large longer-term economic risks, . And the exorbitant health costs of the Covid-19 pandemic are estimated to rise to U.S.$13.8 trillion during 2024.