Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of UK climate finance that will support climate adaptation projects in the next five years.

Between 2016/17 and 2020/21, the UK spent £2.7 billion on international climate finance (ICF) programmes that supported climate adaptation. This was 45% of total UK ICF spend over the period. We are doubling our ICF to £11.6 billion between 2021/22 and 2025/26 and will aim to maintain a balance between adaptation and mitigation.