Written question asked by William Bain (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 June 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 June 2011. It was answered by Alan Duncan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 June 2011 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Developing Countries: Climate Change

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has allocated to developing countries to assist with climate change mitigation programmes since 2009.

Answer: Between April 2009 and March 2011 Department for International Development spent £668 million on climate programmes, of which £294 million was spent on low carbon development and £138.25 million on tackling deforestation.Examples of results include, supporting investments to generate enough energy to power 16 million households through the Clean Technology Fund and in Nepal, increasing the incomes of 527,000 households by an average of 60% through the UK livelihoods and forestry programme.The UK has allocated £2.9 billion, April 2011 to March 2015, to support international poverty reduction by helping developing countries to adapt to climate change, take up low carbon growth, and tackle deforestation. DFID has been allocated £1.8 billion, the Department for Energy and Climate Change £1 billion and the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs £100 million.The UK government will aim to spend 50% of climate finance on adaptation. This will be kept under review. The remainder of climate finance will be spent on low carbon development and tackling deforestation.

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