Brussels, Nov. 2 -- European Central Bank (ECB) President and former International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has expressed appreciation after being featured on the third annual TIME100 Climate list.

"I am deeply grateful to be recognised on the third annual #TIME100Climate list," Lagarde, who has been heading the ECB since 2019, wrote in a post on X.

Emphasising the ECB's commitment to climate action, she said, "At the @ecb, we show that accelerating the clean energy transition is essential for a secure, sustainable and affordable future for Europe, and for safeguarding our price stability mandate."

Lagarde, who has positioned climate change at the heart of monetary policymaking, is steering the ECB toward tackling the cris...