Sammy Wilson (DUP)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on assisting developing countries dealing with the effects of climate change in each of the last five years. ( 321646 )

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Gareth Thomas (Labour)

The Department for International Development (DFID) helps developing countries deal with the effects of climate change through a number of multilateral and bilateral channels. For example DFID has:

Provided \xA350 million to the Chars Livelihood Programme in Bangladesh to support livelihoods resilient to climate change.

Committed to invest \xA3100 million in climate research over five years.

We are not currently able to disaggregate all of our spend on climate change. DFID is working with other donors, through the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, to agree how climate change spending should be reported. We expect to begin reporting against agreed requirements later this year.

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