Instead of providing the funding to adapt to climate change, the UK's cynical accounting trick also endangers the UK's development commitments.
Commenting on the ICAI report that the UK has “moved the goalposts” on climate funding, Zahra Hdidou, Senior Climate and Resilience Adviser at ActionAid UK, said
“The findings of the ICAI review seriously call into question the UK’s role as a global climate leader. Instead of providing the funding communities needed to adapt to climate change, the government has decided to engage in a cynical accounting trick that also endangers the UK’s development commitments.
"Over the last century, the UK has reaped colossal financial rewards all whilst contributing to the mass environmental destruction facing millions across the world. Instead of shifting numbers from one column to another to keep up appearances, we need the government to commit to new and additional climate funds that urgently recognise the sheer scale of this crisis. No more playing with lives via a spreadsheet, it’s time they got serious about the very real threat climate change poses to us all.”
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Zahra Hdidou, Senior Climate and Resilience Adviser at ActionAid UK, is available for interview on request.