“The Government’s sums on climate finance simply don’t add up and this creative accounting does nothing to help people in lower-income countries - those least responsible for the climate crisis - deal with the devastating impacts they are facing.
“Instead of raiding a dwindling aid budget, the UK should be setting an example and increasing climate funding by making the biggest and richest polluters carry a fairer share of the cost.
“With the super-rich amassing yet more wealth and fossil fuel producers reaping billions in profits, it is clearly the fairest solution.”
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