Climate Change: International Assistance

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 25 October 2022.

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Photo of Lyn Brown Lyn Brown Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to further support the African Development Bank commitment to provide $25 billion of climate financing by 2025 including the commitment for at least 50 per cent of such financing to be for climate adaptation.

Photo of Vicky Ford Vicky Ford Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is a long-standing and strategic partner of the UK. We welcome the Bank's target to provide 40% of its finance for climate change, and at least 50% of this for adaptation. We are currently the largest donor to the African Development Fund, which provides such finance to the poorest countries across the Continent. At COP26 we announced our Room to Run Guarantee that will allow the Bank to provide up to US$2 billion of additional financing for climate change over the next four years, to countries such as Egypt and South Africa.

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