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<p>UK support to these issues is primarily through the Global Environment Facility,
to which the UK is contributing £210 million for the period 2014-2018. The GEF has
allocated $554 million of support to developing countries for waste management, to
tackle pollution and to reduce toxic waste in this period.</p><p>DFID is also providing
some other limited assistance, including £7.6 million to the World Bank Pollution
Management and Environmental Health programme, which assesses the health risks of
pollution in developing countries and provides assistance to manage that pollution,
and £8 million to the Global Alliance on Clean Cooking to reduce indoor air pollution.</p><p>DFID
is currently working with other parts of government to consider how to extend the
impact of our work in this area.</p>
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