UK accused of double counting ?500m of aid to meet climate pledge

Humanitarian work in Afghanistan and Yemen now classified as climate finance, FoI request reveals, as ?11.6bn pledge slipsThe UK government has been accused of double counting ?500m of overseas aid as climate finance in an attempt to meet its commitments under the Paris agreement .Money for humanitarian work in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia is now being classified as climate finance, according to documents released under a freedom of information request by the website Carbon Brief. Continue reading...