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UK’s £11.6bn climate finance commitment at risk as aid resources stretched

29 Feb 2024

ICAI review finds £11.6 billion target will be challenging to meet, with 55% to be spent in the last two years of the pledge. The government “moved the goalposts” by changing the way meeting the target is calculated, and reviewing existing spend to include all eligible ICF. Altogether this amounted to an additional £1.724 billion, of […]

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Forthcoming review: DHSC’s aid-funded global health research and innovation

26 Feb 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic and race to develop a vaccine brought health research to the top of the international agenda, and in recent years it has become more central to UK aid’s strategic priorities. A forthcoming review from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will look at aid spent by the Department for Health and […]

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New ICAI Commissioners: Liz Ditchburn and Harold Freeman

13 Feb 2024

Liz Ditchburn and Harold Freeman have been announced as the incoming part-time Commissioners for the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI). The candidates, who will take up their four-year posts on 1 July 2024, were appointed by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), after a selection process conducted in accordance with the Governance Code […]

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UK aid to Gaza, Afghanistan and China to come under ICAI scrutiny

7 Feb 2024

The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will look at UK aid to Gaza, Afghanistan and China in three new information notes. Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, the UK has announced £60 million in additional humanitarian funding in Gaza, trebling the planned 2023-24 annual budget to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). However […]

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ICAI Chief Commissioner at the International Development Committee

17 Jan 2024

ICAI’s Chief Commissioner, Dr Tamsyn Barton, gave evidence to the International Development Committee yesterday (16 January) on our review looking across the last four years of scrutinising UK aid. UK aid under pressure: A synthesis of ICAI findings from 2019 to 2023 draws upon review findings on the state of UK aid across those four […]

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Forthcoming review: UK aid’s international climate finance commitments

14 Dec 2023

The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will assess the UK’s commitments to provide funding to support developing countries to adapt to climate change and mitigate its impact – known as international climate finance (ICF).  Our forthcoming rapid review will look at how ICF funds are being spent, as well as how they contribute to […]

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Forthcoming review: UK aid to Ukraine

7 Dec 2023

The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will examine UK aid to Ukraine in a forthcoming rapid review. The Russian invasion in February 2022 and ongoing conflict have created a major geopolitical and humanitarian crisis, with 7.7 million people registered as refugees across Europe and 6.2 million internally displaced. Alongside political and military support, the […]

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Weak coordination and oversight limit effectiveness of £500m Blue Planet Fund

30 Nov 2023

ICAI review of the government’s marine fund launched prior to COP26 finds ‘severe’ risks including lack of cross-government coordination and coherence of the portfolio – resulting in duplication in some areas and delivery gaps in others.  In order to launch rapidly and distribute funding early, Defra re-assigned some existing projects rather than focusing on needs […]

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