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Climate Change: Finance

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 70966

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was his Departments total spend on international climate finance in each of the last 3 years.

Answered by Michael Shanks

DESNZ ICF supports global clean energy deployment, protects the world’s forests and leverages private investment at scale to help mitigate the impacts of climate change.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s total spend on International Climate Finance (ICF) over the last 3 years is:

DESNZ ICF spend

Financial Year

£394.9m

2024/25

£311.1m

2023/24

£350.2m

2022/23

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