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Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Tuesday, 7 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 May 2024. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Monday, 13 May 2024 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.


Development Aid: Climate Change

Question

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to paragraph 4.11 of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s report entitled UK aid’s international climate finance commitments, published on 29 February 2024, for what reason his Department has categorised 30 per cent of the funding for the Afghanistan Multi-Year Programme Phase 2 project as international climate finance.

Answer

To recognise the work that is being undertaken to support resilience building in the most climate-vulnerable countries a fixed proportion of 30 per cent International Climate Finance will be applied to humanitarian work being carried out in countries that fall into the bottom 10 per cent in terms of recognised climate vulnerability rankings, including Afghanistan.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24887
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Climate change Development aid Finance Afghanistan
Link
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