UK will need to double nature protection funding to meet targets, new data shows

Carbon Brief says more than 800m will need to be spent in each of the next two years

The UK government has been failing to meet its commitments to fund nature protection in the developing world, and will need to double current spending to meet the targets, new data has shown.

Underspending on overseas climate aid by the previous Conservative government has meant spending averaged 450m a year for the three full years since 2021 - less than half the 3bn that was pledged for nature projects in poor countries.