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<p>Tackling climate change is a priority for the UK Government and for the Department
of International Development (DFID). The UK has pledged to deliver £5.8bn of International
Climate Finance (ICF) from 2016/17 – 2020/21 to help poorer countries tackle climate
change. DFID funds are helping to build the resilience of people and communities to
cope with climate change already locked in, including to natural disasters; to support
the development of low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure; and to support
new technology, research and innovation to improve the effectiveness of action on
climate change. Since 2011 the ICF has helped 47 million people to cope with the effects
of climate change in the developing world, and enabled 17 million to have access to
clean energy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is also working to increase international
action on climate change. This year DFID is supporting the Prime Minister who has
been asked by the United Nations Secretary General to promote more action to build
resilience to the impact of climate change already locked in, ahead of his Summit
on Climate Change in September 2019.</p><p> </p>
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