COP17: UK Government commits to ringfence £1,5Bn to protect ecosystems, forests and wildlife

The UK Government committed to secure "around a quarter" of the UK's overall £6 billion international climate aid fund (ca. £1,5bn) to protect ecosystems, forests, and wildlife between 2026 and 2029, announced British officials at the UN Biodiversity COP17 summit in Armenia, on 19 October 2027. This announcement is in fact a re-allocation of a previous commitment, that had been ditched during Keir Starmer's mandate.

Jonathan Hall, Managing Director of Conservation International UK commented on Linkedin: "This is smart politics! It responds to UK public polling showing nature spending amongst the most popular form of climate and development aid, and it responds to the need to demonstrate to Global South Governments that the UK as a G7 nation remains committed to the 2030 global funding…