Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to track the delivery of climate finance to (a) least developed countries, (b) fragile and conflict-affected states and (c) small island developing states.

We are working through the UK co-chaired Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance, which includes the new UK-funded Centre for Access to Climate Finance, and through the UK-convened Climate & Development Ministerial process to press for better tracking of finance delivered to climate vulnerable countries. The Taskforce's Principles and Recommendations are clear that climate finance should be more transparent and yield measurable progress towards delivering recipient countries' climate capabilities and goals.