Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending on developing countries’ ability to become and remain climate resilient.

We are committed doubling our International Climate Finance (ICF) to at least £11.6 billion over the next five years, between 2021/22 and 2025/26. We aim for a balance between mitigation and adaptation in our ICF. This is crucial both to reducing emissions and helping countries prepare for, and build resilience to, the impacts of climate change.

The UK is using our COP26 Presidency to mobilise action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, encourage greater political ambition, and turn this into targeted, tangible and practical action to support adaptation and resilience.