Greenpeace responds to the UK Government’s new package of climate support announced at COP27

Rebecca Newsom, Head of Politics at Greenpeace UK, said: “Rishi Sunak is making some of the right noises, but with so little detail that it’s hard to see how developing countries will be reassured that the UK is going to deliver what is needed. The UK’s commitment to triple funding for climate adaptation may sound good, but it’s simply not good enough if new funds are not added to the existing pot of money, and if the UK’s climate finance continues to eat into the aid budget.

“Developing countries need to know for certain that the new funds announced by Sunak today really are new, and are additional to the UK’s existing climate finance commitments. It’s also vital that these funds go directly to the communities that really need them. They must properly protect Indigenous rights, and must not contribute to greenwashing through offsetting projects that allow fossil fuel polluters and forest destroyers to continue business as usual.

“If the UK is truly committed to being a global climate leader, it should back developing nations’ calls on climate finance and loss and damage in the negotiations. It should also clean up its climate record at home by immediately ending all new fossil fuel projects, investing in home insulation, and strengthening the Environment Act to ban all deforestation in supply chains.”