ICAI review: UK Aid for Energy Transition

Following a commitment to support low- and middle-income countries in accessing the tools and expertise necessary to transition to ‘net zero’, made at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, a significant amount of the UK’s £11.6bn pledge in aid for international climate finance has been allocated towards helping developing countries to deliver the emission reduction goals set in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

A new review from the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) assesses the effectiveness and relevance of this support for energy transition, focusing on the UK’s strategic priorities, the geopolitical context of the aid and how effectively the UK has mobilised private finance towards developing countries’ clean energy objectives. The government has since issued its response, accepting four of ICAI’s six recommendations and partially accepting the remaining two.

Join Harold Freeman, ICAI’s lead commissioner for the review, and other panellists to discuss the findings of the review and the government’s response, exploring how UK aid can be used most effectively to meet this global challenge and assessing how it interlinks with UK foreign policy.