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<p>The Department for International Development (DFID) is working closely with other
Government Departments as part of a comprehensive Government effort to protect the
environment. The Government has committed £5.8bn (2016-2021) to tackle climate change,
the biggest environmental challenge of our time. DFID will deliver £3.6bn of this
commitment. In 2016/2017, this was £755m, 7% of DFID’s total spend. DFID and the Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs fund, alongside other countries, the $4.43
billion Global Environment Facility sixth replenishment (2014 – 2018) which works
to address climate change as well as broader environmental challenges such as biodiversity
loss, land degradation, international waters and chemicals and waste. All relevant
Government commitments, including the 25 Year Environment Plan, are taken into account
when considering future aid spending. In addition, all DFID programmes must avoid
doing harm to the environment, and environmental safeguards are one of the risk categories
considered as part of departmental programme management requirements.</p>
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