Perhaps more importantly, these shocks are exacerbating unsustainable debt burdens at a time when donor countries are slashing development aid, making it harder for EMDEs to finance investments in climate adaptation. “ Factoring climate resilience into macroeconomic planning should strengthen, not diminish, a country’s growth narrative. These benefits must be incorporated into forecasting models, as is already done for traditional infrastructure investments. Factoring climate resilience into macroeconomic planning should strengthen, not diminish, a country’s growth narrative. Pepukaye Bardouille, Director of the Bridgetown Initiative and Special Adviser on Climate Resilience to the Barbados Prime Minister’s Office, was the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Climate Resilience Execution Agency for Dominica.