Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress of the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance pilots in (a) Uganda, (b) Bangladesh and (c) Fiji.

There has been strong progress across the five Taskforce pioneer countries.

In Uganda, the UK has provided the anchor investment for a new Climate Finance Unit within the Ministry of Finance to coordinate national climate finance policy. In Bangladesh, technical expertise to support the Government to implement the trial will commence in early 2023. In Fiji, the Government has established a strategic framework for the trial linked to its National Adaptation Plan, Ocean Policy and Climate Finance Strategy. Technical assistance to support delivery of the trial will commence in early 2023.