Background
International Climate Finance ICF is UK Official Development Assistance ODA funding to support developing countries to reduce poverty and respond to the causes and impacts of climate change. Four UK Government Departments jointly deliver ICF
ICF investments help developing countries to
The UK has committed to spending 11.6 billion of ICF between financial years 2021 to 2022 and 2025 to 2026 in the third phase of ICF, known as ICF 3. Previously, 9.8 billion was spent between 2011 to 2012 and 2020 to 2021. ICF results is an annual publication that reports what ICF investments have achieved against a set of Key Performance Indicators KPIs. We collect and aggregate results each year from ICF programmes. ICF results are not official or national statistics. This is because of the range of data sources we use and their variable quality, which are affected by the challenging environments where we work. We and our partners strive to apply data quality best practices, and we voluntarily follow the Code of Practice for Statistics when producing ICF results. Our
Statement of voluntary compliance with the code of practice for statistics ODT, 12.8 KB demonstrates the steps we have taken to improve the trustworthiness, quality and value of ICF results. In most cases we report ICF results cumulatively for the whole ICF period, from 2011 to the present year, or for some indicators, from the year they started. We do not publish results for each individual year within that period because we may receive updated values from programmes for previous years, as well as for the current year.
Updates to data are common and expected for a number of reasons, such as data lags between programmes starting and delivering results or getting confirmation of results data from partners. Latest results
UK International Climate Finance results 2024. Previous results
2023 UK climate finance results
2022 UK climate finance results
2021 UK climate finance results
2020 UK climate finance results PDF, 330 KB
2019 UK climate finance results PDF, 647 KB
2018 UK climate finance results PDF, 513 KB
2017 UK climate finance results PDF, 545 KB
2016 UK climate finance results PDF, 580 KB
2016 UK climate finance results data sources and methods PDF, 504 KB
Methodology notes
ICF KPI methodology notes guide programme teams, delivery partners and analysts in designing and managing programme monitoring for ICF results. They provide some flexibility to accommodate the range of ICF programmes, while introducing standard definitions and approaches. ICF Key Performance Indicator KPI methodologies
ICF technical assistance Key Performance Indicator methodologies
Supplementary notes
Evaluation reports
Learning is essential to achieve maximum impact and value-for-money of ICF. Under a cross-departmental ICF monitoring, evaluation and learning programme, we delivered three independent evaluations to address evidence gaps related to the ICF portfolio . Portfolio evaluation 1 Integration of International Climate Finance ICF
This portfolio evaluation looked at how integrating climate finance within development programmes achieved climate change outcomes. Portfolio evaluation 1 Integration of ICF, final report PDF, 1.6 MB
Management response to portfolio evaluation 1 final report PDF, 147 KB
Portfolio evaluation 2 Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects
This portfolio evaluation examined how private investors were influenced by evidence from ICF-supported projects to invest in low-carbon, climate-resilient projects. Portfolio evaluation 2 Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects, final report PDF, 937 KB
Management response to portfolio evaluation 2 final report ODT, 27 KB
Portfolio evaluation 3 Support for policy change
This portfolio evaluation looked at how ICF supported changes to global, national, sub-national policies to contribute to mitigating and adapting to climate change. Portfolio evaluation 3 Support for policy change, main report PDF, 1.2 MB
Management response to Portfolio evaluation 3 main report ODT, 24 KB