Scotland's pledged at COP 26: FOI release
- Published
- 3 April 2024
- Directorate
- Energy and Climate Change Directorate
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400393612
- Date received
- 12 January 2024
- Date responded
- 17 January 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
You asked for confirmation of:
1) of the £2 million Scotland pledged at COP 26, held 31st October - 12th November 2021, for loss and damage
2) how much has been paid, and to what persons or organisations
Response
I can confirm that Scotland pledged £2 million for loss and damage at COP26. How that was spent is outlined within the following table, which also ties into the wider now £10 million pledged to address loss and damage across this parliamentary term:
|
Amount (£) |
Grantee |
Project description |
|
1,000,000 |
Climate Justice Resilience Fund |
This programme funded projects in the Global South to address loss & damage, including in the Pacific, Bangladesh, and Malawi as well as a youth-led participatory grant making council. |
|
500,000 |
Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund |
This programme supported communities in Malawi that experienced loss and damage following tropical storms Ana and Gombe. |
|
75,000 |
Stockholm Environment Institute |
Funding for research on operationalising finance for loss and damage and underpinning this finance with Climate Justice principles |
|
150,000 |
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Bangladesh |
Funding for research on incorporating evaluation of loss and damage into existing national governmental strategies such as National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally-Determined Contributions (NDCs) |
|
300,000 |
Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund |
Expansion of the Malawi loss and damage programme following the impacts caused by tropical storm Freddy |
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