Climate Change Convention: Overseas Aid

(asked on 13th April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget on the UK’s ability to fulfil its Paris Agreement requirement that all International Climate Finance be additional to existing ODA.


Answered by
James Duddridge Portrait
James Duddridge
This question was answered on 21st April 2021

As set out in the Integrated Review, tackling climate change and biodiversity loss is the number one international priority for the UK in 2021 and beyond. As host of COP26, securing greater global ambition is a priority for this Government and finance is key. We are fulfilling our own pledge to provide £5.8 billion in international climate finance (ICF) to developing countries, and are committed to doubling our ICF to £11.6 billion over the next five years. Since 2011 UK ICF has helped over 66 million people cope with the effects of climate change, and installed 2000 megawatts of clean energy.

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