The UK government is “cutting corners” on its commitments to provide climate aid, MPs have warned in a new report, just as a record-breaking ‘super’ El Niño weather event begins to intensify extreme weather and humanitarian crises around the world.
The International Development Committee said that cuts to the UK’s aid budget - which will result in the UK’s bilateral aid relationship essentially ending with a large group of countries - have undermined its ability to provide meaningful support to some of the world’s poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries.
