Written question asked by Virendra Sharma (Labour) on Monday, 22 May 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 May 2023. It was answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 31 May 2023 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Developing Countries: Climate Change

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to (a) scale up the £11.6 billion of climate finance pledged over five years to developing countries and (b) include funding modalities that are accessible to local civil society actors.

Answer: The UK is delivering on our commitment to spend £11.6 billion International Climate Finance (ICF) between financial year 2021/2022 and financial year 2025/2026, including £3 billion on development solutions that protect and restore nature. We are fully committed to ensuring that finance flows to the local level and are working on systems to increase local actors' role in development decision making. In addition, we have committed £100 million to delivering the aims and objectives of the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance which includes bringing together bilateral and multilateral providers, climate funds and recipient countries to ensure that climate finance reaches where it's most urgently needed and supports the most vulnerable populations.

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