Written question asked by Laurence Robertson (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 October 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 November 2010. It was answered by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Tuesday, 2 November 2010 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

UN Adaptation Fund

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent financial contribution his Department has made to the UN Adaptation Fund; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: We welcome progress that the Adaptation Fund has made recently in approving its first projects and accrediting implementing entities. The UK has been supporting the design of the Adaptation Fund as an alternate board member, and we provided £500,000 in start-up funding in 2008.The UK has provided considerable support for adaptation this year through existing bilateral and multilateral channels including an allocation to the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR), which pilots and demonstrates ways in which climate risk and resilience may be integrated into core development planning and implementation.The spending review provides a total of £2.9 billion of international climate finance—called the International Climate Fund (ICF)—over the spending review period. We will be considering future allocations to multilateral funds consistent with Government priorities. This will include consideration of whether to make a contribution to the Adaptation Fund.

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