International climate finance: UK aid for halting deforestation and preventing irreversible biodiversity loss

A review examining the effectiveness of UK aid in halting deforestation and preventing biodiversity loss.

Score: Green/Amber
  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 15 July 2021
  3. Type: Full review
  4. Subject: Climate change and biodiversity
  5. Assessment: Green/Amber
  6. Location: Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia
  7. Lead commissioner: Tamsyn Barton
  8. SDGs covered:Life on land

Government response

The government publishes a response to all ICAI reviews, indicating whether they ‘accept’, ‘partially accept’ or ‘reject’ each of ICAI’s recommendations and setting out the management actions that they propose to take in response.

The government’s response to our review of UK aid for halting deforestation and preventing irreversible biodiversity loss is now available to read online.

Timeline

Approach

Published 8 December 2020

Evidence gathering

Complete

Review publication

Published 15 July 2021

Government response

Published 13 September 2021

Parliamentary scrutiny

IDC hearing 20 October 2021

ICAI follow-up

Published 18 July 2023