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A new report from the world’s richest countries celebrating contributions to climate finance has been criticised by Practical Action’s experts. 

Practical Action has signed a letter to the UK Prime Minister condemning plans to cut climate funding amid a lack of clarity around overall spending on climate finance.

We look at what this inequality means on the ground and what needs to be done to address it.

This time last year the US Government slashed its overseas aid budget, freezing large parts of USAID funding. The UK has also scaled back. Other European countries are doing the same.

At Practical Action we believe energy has to reach the places markets miss. It must power the essential things people rely on to live well. If we fail to do this, whose future are we powering?

If the world genuinely intends to help people adapt to climate change, including women cannot be treated as optional.

Food and agriculture are responsible for roughly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and are the leading drivers of biodiversity loss. Yet, hundreds of millions of people are going hungry, and many of the farmers who feed us live in poverty.

Practical Action’s CEO Sarah Roberts underlines why climate change remains her number one priority and what the organisation will do to help the world address the challenge.

Farming in a sustainable way has gained global momentum. Governments are exploring roadmaps, companies are pledging to transform the way in which they buy food and investors are signing new commitments to climate change.