Question reference: S6W-11445
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 October 2022
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 October 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to provide aid to countries impacted by the effects of climate change through Loss and Damage finance schemes.
Answer
At COP26, the Scottish Government pledged £2m to address loss and damage and in doing so became the first government in the Global North to explicitly pledge such finance. £1.7m of the £2m is now allocated and supporting projects in Bangladesh, the pacific and Malawi; as well as funding research to contribute to the global evidence base for practical action.
In addition to loss and damage funding, Scottish Government provided £250,000 from our Climate Justice Fund (which we trebled at COP26 to £36m) to the humanitarian efforts in Pakistan and we are also currently tendering for our flagship “Climate Just Communities” programme, which will commit £24m to our partner countries of Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia building resilience through engagement with marginalised communities using a participatory design and implementation approach.