Oral Answers to Questions

Craig Tracey Excerpts

Wednesday 1st May 2019 Commons Chamber

[Penny Mordaunt]

Yes, I have always said that and we will always do that.

[Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire) (Con)]

3. What support her Department provides to help developing countries tackle climate change.

[Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) (Con)]

12. What support her Department provides to help developing countries tackle climate change.

[The Minister for Africa (Harriett Baldwin)]

Tackling climate change is a priority for the Government. We have committed £5.8 billion to help developing countries to reduce emissions and to manage the impacts of climate change. To date, our support has helped 47 million people cope with the effects of climate change and supported 17 million people to gain access to clean energy.

[Craig Tracey]

The latest round of funding for the Darwin Initiative has committed £10 million of funding for 52 international projects. Can the Minister confirm that those projects will support and enhance biodiversity and the natural environment right across the globe?

[Harriett Baldwin]

I welcome the way in which the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has allocated that money. Of course, it is overseas development assistance money that helps to support and enhance biodiversity in countries that are eligible for overseas development assistance.