Oxfam response to the ICAI review of the government’s international climate finance commitments

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In response to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s (ICAI) latest review of the government’s international climate finance commitments, Chiara Liguori, Oxfam GB's Senior Climate Justice Policy Advisor, said:

“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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Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s (ICAI) review can be found here

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