IIED's video: How far will the UK go to align aid with the Paris Agreement

This event on Monday, 21 March 2022 examined the UK's progress towards aligning aid with the Paris Agreement and explored opportunities for action. Help us bring the issue of climate change to the forefront of global attention by liking and sharing this video, and contribute to the conversation in the comments below. You can also subscribe to IIED's YouTube channel to join our mission in building a fairer, more sustainable world. The event Ahead of the UK's forthcoming International Development Strategy, this event organised by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact and the International institute for Environment and Development (IIED) - held online and in person - saw participants examine the UK's progress towards aligning aid with the Paris Agreement and learn from the experience of a Multilateral Development Bank working on this agenda. The implications for developing countries' climate finance planning were also unpacked. The speakers 1:37 Andrew Norton (moderator) is an applied anthropologist and director of IIED, He introduces the event 05:27 Panel introductions 08:30 Tamsyn Barton is the chief commissioner of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact and has 25 years’ experience working in international development, delivering and overseeing a wide variety of programmes including those run by UK government, small NGOs and international financial institutions. She provides an overview of the ICAI rapid review on aligning aid with Paris Agreement and its findings and key recommendations 22:37 Vel Gnanendran is the climate and environment director for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK. He reflects on how the International Development Strategy can support this agenda and the need for timebound milestones, opportunities and barriers 29:57 Dr Kevin Kariuki is vice-president for power, energy, climate and green growth at the African Development Bank Group. He has over 30 years of experience in power system development, renewable energy development and energy efficiency, climate change and green growth, strategic energy partnerships, energy financial solutions, policy and regulation. He provides insights into how the African Development Bank Group is progressing this agenda. 40:08 Ebony Holland is a senior researcher (nature-climate policy lead) in IIED's Natural Resources and Climate Change research groups. She discusses how this agenda links to broader climate finance issues, how we can lift the ambition level, what donors need to do beyond alignment. 47:55 Question-and-answer session More information: https://www.iied.org/how-far-will-uk-go-align-aid-paris-agreement Thanks for watching!