Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of spending on adaptation in countries receiving finance from the International Climate Fund has been on health-related adaptation.
Answered by Rory Stewart
In 2016, the UK spent directly £411 million on programmes to help countries build their resilience and adapt to climate change and a further £371 million on programmes to support sustainable development and help reduce their carbon emissions. Of this, £12 million (1%) was on projects specifically targeting health and a further £370 million (47%) through programmes which may also have health benefits, such as on clean energy, agriculture, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the proportion of Government investment in energy support that is currently spent on decentralised renewable energy in developing countries.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
DFID makes ongoing assessments of specific needs across the energy spectrum, covering on-grid as well as decentralised off-grid renewable energy.
The UK Government is playing a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries. This includes a strong focus on decentralised renewable energy, reflecting its important role in achieving energy access.
DFID’s energy work is aligned with the Global Goals, particularly Goal 7, to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 and increased use of renewable energy. This draws on international evidence, such as the Global Tracking Framework which demonstrates that global progress to date on both energy access and renewables needs to be stepped up to meet 2030 goals. Leveraging private investment with donor finance will be critical in meeting the scale of the challenge.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will increase investment in decentralised renewable energy to benefit the world's poorest people.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The UK Government is playing a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries, including through our Energy Africa campaign which is working with solar firms to help them access the finance they need to expand their businesses, create jobs and help reach millions of people in Africa without electricity access.
Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential role of agroecology in African rural development.
Answered by Grant Shapps
Agro ecological approaches have an important role to play in specific contexts, including in Africa, but DFID does not prescribe technical approaches centrally. The best approaches for interventions are identified in consideration of the specific context of implementation. DFID is supporting a wide range of programmes with agro-ecological components, from soil and water conservation and land use management to climate resilience and conservation agriculture. On the research front, DFID supports the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research programme as well as the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research and Learning in Africa. The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme supports farmers to adapt agricultural systems to be climate resilient. The full range of our programmes can be found on our Development Tracker: http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/