Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Official Development Assistance Budget 2021-22.
The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State (Dominic Raab)
The resulting portfolio marks a strategic shift, putting our aid budget to work alongside our diplomatic network, our science and technology expertise and our economic partnerships in tackling global challenges. We will focus on core HMG priorities for poverty reduction, including getting more girls into school, providing urgent humanitarian support to those who need it most, and tackling global threats like climate change, covid-19 recovery and other international health priorities. Based on OECD data for 2020, the UK will be the third largest donor within the G7 as a percentage of GNI.
Climate and biodiversity. FCDO will maintain a strong climate and biodiversity portfolio of £534 million as we host COP26. In total, the FCDO will deliver more than £941 million of activities this year, across all themes, that count towards the UK’s flagship £11.6 billion international climate finance target.
Within this framework, I have also ensured that the UK is able to exert maximum influence as a force for good in Africa and strategically tilt towards the Indo-Pacific. FCDO will spend around half its bilateral ODA budget in Africa, where human suffering remains most acute, including a major shift to wast Africa to reflect the UK’s unique role and clear national strategic interest. One third of FCDO bilateral ODA will be spent in the Indo-Pacific and south Asia, in support of our deeper engagement in that region, promoting open societies, reinforcing trade links and promoting climate change collaboration.
Thematic Allocation Thematic Area FCDO ODA Allocation 2021-22, £m Climate change and biodiversity 534 Covid-19 and global health 1,305 Girls’ education 400 Humanitarian preparedness and response 906 Open societies and conflict 419 Science, research and technology 38 (plus thematic R&D) Trade and economic development 491 Financial transactions 863 Programmes with cross cutting themes 1,940 AKBs, International subscriptions and other fixed costs 1,219 Total 8,115
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