Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking internationally to protect (a) children and (b) women from the impact of climate change.

We have committed £165 million to address the dual challenges of gender inequality and climate change. This includes the Community Resilience Partnership Programme which will help empower local communities and grassroots women's groups in Asia and the Pacific. We are also investing in programmes to build women's climate resilience through our Conflict, Stability and Security Fund. In 2022, the FCDO launched a new approach to addressing the climate, environment and biodiversity crisis in and through girls' education. It provides a new framework for priority actions for education sector actors to build school systems that are resilient to climate change.