Aid body dubs UK climate accounting changes a ‘kick in the teeth’ for developing countries

The UK government has pledged £11.6bn in climate finance for emerging economies. But it is reclassifying existing overseas aid without adding new spending, says a report from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact

In November 2023, the government published a white paper on international aid in which it committed to increase developing nations’ access to climate finance and improve concessional public climate finance for the lowest-income countries. The white paper included a pledge to spend £11.6bn on climate finance in the five years to 2025-26.