In a recent Interview with the Climate Team at the International Peace Institute Global Observatory, Professor Avinash Persaud explores the role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in climate finance and how, with shareholder support, they can help break the New Collective Quantified Goal’s (NCQG’s) deadlock and deliver climate finance at scale. On October 4, 2024, Professor Persaud delivered the keynote address at the Central Bank’s 34th Dr. Eric Williams Memorial Lecture on the topic “Addressing Climate Change in the Caribbean will cost a Whole Lot of Money; Who Pays?. UN Climate Change Conference Baku (COP29) takes place from November 11 – 22, 2024.