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Climate Change: Finance

Commons · Question 4746 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Chris Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the £40 million pledged to the Loss and Damage Fund has been disbursed; and what his Department’s priorities are for loss and damage funding.

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 17 Sep 2024

At COP28 the UK pledged up to £40 million in funding for the newly established Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FrLD). UK officials are working with other members of the FrLD board, the World Bank and civil society, to quickly establish an efficien...