Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Middleton South)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the total global contribution to the Green Climate Fund has been in each of the last four years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The total global contribution to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in each of the last four years has been:
2013: $28 million
2014: $89 million
2015: $1,758 million
2016: $1,570 million
The GCF supports climate-resilient, low-carbon development in developing countries, including by playing a key role in levering finance from multilateral development banks and the private sector for sustainable development. Further information about contributions can be found on the GCF website: http://www.greenclimate.fund/home
Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Middleton South)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department’s contribution has been to the Green Climate Fund in each of the last four years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The UK’s contribution to the Green Climate Fund is provided by DFID and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). DFID's contribution in each of the last four years has been as follows:
2013/14: £1.88 million
2014/15: £0.62 million
2015/16: £160 million
2016/17: £60 million
The Green Climate Fund supports climate-resilient, low-carbon development in developing countries. Projects funded by the Green Climate Fund will help increase the resilience of people, communities and regions most vulnerable to the impact of climate change and help reduce future carbon emissions, for example by supporting cleaner energy.