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Development Aid: Climate Change

Asked by Mr Toby PerkinsLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 109986

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the five biggest allocations of funding for nature from International climate finance were in each year between 2021-22 and 2025-26.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

The five biggest allocations of funding for nature in each year between 2021-22 and 2024-25 are shown in the tables below, one for each financial year. 2025-26 figures are not yet available as accounts have not yet been finalised:

Programme Number

Programme title

Nature - FY21- 22 Spend

ICF-0040-MFF (DESNZ)

Mobilising Finance for Forests

£51.1m

ICF-0005-GCF (DESNZ)

Green Climate Fund (GCF)

£43.7m

300856 (FCDO)

Green Climate Fund First Replenishment

£40.7m

201724 (FCDO)

Forest Governance, Markets and Climate

£21.1m

300057 (FCDO)

Global Environment Facility 7th replenishment

£15.0m

Programme Number

Programme title

Nature - FY22-23 Spend

300856 (FCDO)

Green Climate Fund First Replenishment

£109.6m

ICF-0004-CIF (DESNZ)

New Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) BC - Nature Based Solutions

£65.0m

301516 (FCDO)

UKSIP - The UK Sustainable Infrastructure Programme Latin America

£23.8m

201724 (FCDO)

Forest Governance, Markets and Climate

£23.6m

202745 (FCDO)

Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use

£21.5m

Programme Number

Programme title

Nature - FY23-24 Spend

300856 (FCDO)

Green Climate Fund First Replenishment

£163.6m

ICF-0049-AF (DESNZ)

Amazon Fund (REDD+)

£54.6m

301268 (FCDO)

Global Environment Facility 8th Replenishment

£53.8m

ICF-0019-REM (DESNZ)

REDD Early Movers Programme (REM)

£30.0m

ICF-0040-MFF (DESNZ)

Mobilising Finance for Forests

£27.5m

Programme Number

Programme title

Nature - FY24-25 Spend

ICF-0053-SCALE1 (DESNZ)

Scaling Climate Action by Lowering Emissions (SCALE) - Pillar One

£153.9m

400173 (FCDO)

Green Climate Fund - 2nd replenishment

£90.8m

300958 (FCDO)

IDA

£85.0m

ICF-R&D (DESNZ)

BEIS Research & Development Climate Finance

£34.7m

ICF-GCRF (DESNZ)

Ayrton Fund BEIS R&D: Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)

£32.4m

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