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Developing Countries: Climate Change

Answer

Recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Reports state that global temperatures and sea levels are rising and are expected to continue doing so. Least Developed Countries are expected to be most vulnerable to the impacts of future global temperature increases, being least able to cope with the impacts.

The UK remains committed to help developing countries build their resilience to the impacts of climate change and support low carbon, sustainable growth. The UK has committed to provide £5.8 billion of International Climate Finance from the UK aid budget from 2016/17 to 2020/21, and at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019 announced a doubling to £11.6 billion from 2021/22 to 2025/26.

In 2018 the UK provided International Climate Finance directly to the following Least Developed Countries through its bilateral programming in country, and expects to spend across a similar geographical footprint in 2019:

Afghanistan	Rwanda
Bangladesh	Sierra Leone
Ethiopia	Somalia
Madagascar	South Sudan
Malawi	Sudan
Mozambique	Tanzania
Myanmar	Uganda
Nepal	Zambia

Of the countries above, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania are coastal and are likely to be adversely impacted by rising sea levels.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL17932

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Climate change Developing countries Development aid

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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