UK aid’s international climate finance commitments

A review assessing UK aid’s commitments to international climate finance to support developing countries to adapt and respond to climate change.

  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 29 February 2024
  3. Type: Rapid review
  4. Subject: Climate change and biodiversity, Development finance, Multilateral spend, UK aid funds
  5. Assessment: Unrated
  6. Lead commissioner: Tamsyn Barton
  7. SDGs covered:No poverty, Sustainable cities and communities, Responsible consumption and production, Climate action, Life below water, Life on land, Zero hunger, Good health and wellbeing, Clean water and sanitation, Affordable and clean energy, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Read the approach summary paper

Our approach

This rapid review will provide a full account of actual and projected international climate finance (ICF) commitments and disbursements in the period from 2020-21 to 2025-26, to determine whether the government is on target to deliver its £11.6 billion pledge. It will also consider the impact of ICF commitments on other parts of UK aid programming, exploring relative trends in climate funding versus aid spending elsewhere. 

Our evidence will be examined against:  

Review questions

  1. Is the UK on track to meet its international climate finance commitments?   
  2. How well is the UK supporting the achievement of the global international climate finance goals to which it has committed? 

Timeline

Approach publication

14 December 2023

Evidence gathering

Completed

Review publication

29 February 2024

Government response

Expected April 2024

Further scrutiny

To be confirmed