Developing Countries: Fossil Fuels
(asked on 22nd November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much and what proportion of Official Development Assistance funding has been allocated to fossil fuel projects in each year since 2010.
DFID does not allocate money to help countries develop specific types of fuel. Our energy assistance is based on the requirements of individual developing countries, and often helps develop clean and renewable energy. A portion of energy assistance has supported the use of non-renewable energy including fossil fuels, such as natural gas. The Statistics on International Development provides information on support for energy, including non-renewable energy, for bilateral assistance and the UK’s share of multilateral assistance. Figures from 2010 to 2016, the most recently available year, are shown in the table below.
Year | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
UK ODA support for non-renewable energy £m | 67 | 42 | 139 | 79 | 60 | 20 | 45 |
Non-renewable ODA as % of total ODA | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% |