Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funding to match charitable donations to projects that have environmental benefits for overseas countries.

FCDO has been matching donations from the British public to UK charities' appeals under UK Aid Match. This allows the UK public to decide how a proportion of the UK aid budget is spent under specific projects, proposed by the charities, which work towards sustained poverty reduction and the Global Goals across multiple sectors, including climate and environment. UK Aid Match is currently matching £23 million of public donations to 17 projects to deliver environmental benefits across 14 countries.