British Overseas Territories: Environment Protection
(asked on 6th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of Official Development Assistance has been spent on (a) environmental conservation and (b) environmental conservation in British Overseas Territories in each of the last three years.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Figures for bilateral UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the area of environmental protection, including in the UK Overseas Territories, for the years 2019-2021 are provided below.
Year | TOTAL BILATERAL ODA (£m) | Environment spend(£m) | Environment spend proportion of TOTAL | UK Overseas Territories Environment spend(£m) | UK Overseas Territories Environment spend proportion of TOTAL |
2019 | 10575.4 | 237.9 | 2.25% | 5.2 | 0.05% |
2020 | 9657.3 | 203.8 | 2.11% | 3.1 | 0.03% |
2021 | 7257.2 | 93.7 | 1.29% | 4.4 | 0.06% |
Figures capture spend using the OECD Rio Markers for biodiversity and desertification. They include spend in Saint Helena and Montserrat, the only ODA-eligible UK Overseas Territories for which disaggregated data are available.
The Government is delivering on its commitment to invest at least £3 billion of International Climate Finance in development solutions that protect and restore nature between 2021-26. In addition to bilateral ODA, the UK is supporting environmental protection and wider climate and environment objectives through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Year | GEF contribution (£m) | GCF contribution (£m) |
2019 | 49.8 | 0.0 |
2020 | 62.5 | 450.0 |
2021 | 62.5 | 280.9 |