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HOW FAR WILL THE UK GO TO ALIGN AID WITH THE PARIS AGREEMENT?

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The Independent Commission for Aid Impact and IIED held an event on 21 March
2022 to examine the UK's progress towards aligning aid with the Paris Agreement
and explore opportunities for action.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022
Watch a full recording of the event on IIED's YouTube channel
Last updated 25 March 2022


West Africa’s resources are increasingly at risk due to recurrent droughts,
rising sea levels and deforestation with large consequences for economic
development and food security (Photo: Mike Goldwater/GWI West Africa/IIED)

The UK has made a strong commitment to align its aid spending with the Paris
Agreement’s long-term goals. As the devastating consequences of climate change
increase worldwide, so does the urgent need to turn this commitment into action.

At this event, held online and in person on Monday, 21 March 2022, participants
examined the UK's progress towards aligning aid with the Paris Agreement and
learned from the experience of a Multilateral Development Bank working on this
agenda. The potential of the UK's forthcoming International Development Strategy
and the implications for developing countries' climate finance planning were
both unpacked.

In 2019, the government made a commitment to align its official development
assistance (ODA) with the Paris Agreement’s long-term goals. While the UK is the
only country to make an explicit cross-government commitment, it was not the
first aid provider to pursue alignment. Prior to this in 2017, six multilateral
development banks (MDBs) announced their intentions to align with the Paris
Agreement.

A rapid review conducted by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI)
found that while significant work has been undertaken by the UK government to
align ODA with the Paris Agreement’s long-term goals, a roadmap for full
operationalisation is needed. It also highlighted that for UK ODA to be Paris
aligned, all MDBs that the UK contributes to also need to be Paris-aligned.

The forthcoming International Development Strategy will set out the UK
government’s approach to international development over the next decade. It
presents a key opportunity to truly embed the commitment to align ODA with the
Paris Agreement, with accountable, timebound milestones.

This opportunity is all the more important given the UK’s leadership role at
COP26 and the contentious decision to reduce the percentage of gross national
income provided as overseas aid.

Participants at this event discussed the UK's progress towards aligning aid with
the Paris Agreement. Among the questions were:

 * What are the opportunities and barriers and what role can the forthcoming
   International Development Strategy play in delivering on this commitment? 
 * What can we learn from MDB’s and their work to make activities compatible
   with the Paris Agreement? 
 * What are the implications for developing countries’ national climate planning
   processes? 
 * How can we work with developing countries to establish and promote
   international best practice on Paris alignment of UK aid? 
 * And what reporting mechanisms need to be in place to ensure accountability?


SPEAKERS

 * Vel Gnanendran is the climate and environment director for the Foreign,
   Commonwealth & Development Office, UK
 * Kevin Kanina Kariuki is vice-president for power, energy, climate and green
   growth at the African Development Bank Group. He has over 30 years of
   experience in power system development, renewable energy development and
   energy efficiency, climate change and green growth, strategic energy
   partnerships, energy financial solutions, policy and regulation.
 * Tamsyn Barton is the chief commissioner of the Independent Commission for Aid
   Impact and has 25 years’ experience working in international development,
   delivering and overseeing a wide variety of programmes including those run by
   UK government, small NGOs and international financial institutions.
 * Ebony Holland is a senior researcher (nature-climate policy lead) in IIED's
   Natural Resources and Climate Change research groups. She has worked across
   government, international development organisations, the United Nations and
   the private sector in Australia, the Pacific, Europe and the UK.
 * Andrew Norton (moderator) is the director of IIED and an applied
   anthropologist working on a range of issues related to social and
   environmental justice.


EVENT COVERAGE

A recording of the event is available below or on IIED's YouTube channel, where
you can also find links to take you straight to the contributions of each of the
key speakers.








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