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Nature for Climate Fund

Asked by Johanna BaxterLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 24 February 2025UIN 31206

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to extend the Nature for Climate Fund beyond 2025.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Nature for Climate Fund was established in 2020 as a five-year programme aimed at tackling climate change and boosting biodiversity and it is due to finish in March 2025.

This Government is committed to protecting and restoring nature, trees and peat, which are important to our plans to reduce emissions. We have pledged up to £400 million for tree planting and peatland restoration over the current (2024-25) and next (2025-26) financial year. The detail of how this funding is allocated for 2025-26 is now being finalised through internal business planning, and we will be able to share more once this has concluded.

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