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Climate Change: Finance

Commons · Question 36408 · Tabled 7 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 24 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) gender equity and (b) the needs of (i) women, (ii) indigenous groups, (iii) people with disabilities and (iv) other vul

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 24 Mar 2025

The International Development Act 2002, as amended by the International Development (Gender Equality) Act 2014, requires a consideration of gender equality before spending development and humanitarian assistance, including International Climate Finance. T...