[Column written by Patrice Horner] The Government of Barbados completed an innovative “Debit for Climate Conversion” with the International Monetary Fund [IMF], along with Inter-American Development Bank [IBD], the European Investment Bank [EIB], and the Caribbean Investment Bank [CIB]. The IMF established the Resiliency and Sustainability Trust Fund [RST] as the first ‘long-term’ lending facility […]