Developing Countries: Climate Change

(asked on 4th September 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government spent on climate finance for (a) mitigation and (b) adaptation to developing countries in each year between 2009 and 2015.


Answered by
Grant Shapps Portrait
Grant Shapps
Secretary of State for Defence
This question was answered on 11th September 2015

UK Government support to help people both adapt to the impacts of climate change, and to mitigate its future impacts, is delivered in an integrated way through a range of programmes. Tracking spend on adaptation and mitigation only began in 2011 when the International Climate Fund (ICF) was established. Since 2011/12 approximate funding has been as follows:

Adaptation

2011/12 - £136m

2012/13 – £212m

2013/14 – £228m

Mitigation

2011/12 – £199m

2012/13 - £272m

2013/14 - £418m

Data for 2014/15 and 2015/16 will be published once available.

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