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Mauritius: Climate Change

Asked by Priti PatelConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 54747

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Joint Communique: UK-Mauritius Strategic Partnership Framework, published on 22 May 2025, from which budget the £12m Access to Climate Finance programme to be provided to Mauritius will come.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

The UK established a Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance in 2021, and is currently working with six partner countries to mobilise finance, strengthen climate policy, drive capacity building and manage inclusive platforms to coordinate climate finance activities. Mauritius has been part of this programme since 2023. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is the funding department for the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance.

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