climate risk screening is now applied to all ida projects and will be extended to other world bank operations in early the banks climate change action plan recognizes climate change as a threat to its core mission of poverty reduction and makes a commitment to moving from early screening to exante planning with a climate lens in support of countries indcndc implementation world bank a key challenge and one which will be exacerbated by expected increases in climate variability is the inability of both farmers and financiers to fully manage the impacts of seasonality on cash flows this requires not only a significant increase in the amount of capital available but also longer maturities of to years and more flexible repayment schedules that are adjusted to cash flows