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date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which least developed countries are currently in receipt of UK aid funding to be used specifically to address the effects of climate change.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL17931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to helping developing countries build their resilience to the impacts of climate change and support low carbon, sustainable growth. The UK has committed to provide £5.8 billion of International Climate Finance from the UK aid budget from 2016/17 to 2020/21, and at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019 announced a doubling to £11.6 billion from 2021/22 to 2025/26.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 the UK provided International Climate Finance directly to the following Least Developed Countries through its bilateral programming in country:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>Rwanda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>Somalia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Madagascar</p></td><td><p>South Sudan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>Sudan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>Tanzania</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>Uganda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>Zambia</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2018 the UK also supported several multi-country and regional bilateral climate programmes and contributed core funding to the climate multilaterals the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 08/10/2019 14:21:23 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

895037

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date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to focus economic and technical assistance to those developing countries in the tropics that are experiencing the most adverse effects of climate change.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL7402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has committed to provide £5.8bn of Official Development Assistance as International Climate Finance (ICF) between April 2016 and March 2021, including to many of the countries in the tropics.</p><p>UK assistance helps the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people to build resilience and cope with the impacts of climate change, move to a low carbon economy and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve the stewardship of natural resources, especially forests.</p><p>UK assistance has already helped 34 million people to cope with the effects of climate change and we will continue to support those who are most in need.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/05/2018 15:22:16 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton