International Development Assistance For Fossil Fuel Projects Surged 80% In 2023 - Health Policy Watch

International Development Assistance For Fossil Fuel Projects Surged 80% In 2023 - Health Policy Watch

Development funding for fossil fuel-based energy projects jumped 80 per cent in 2023 to $9.5bn, up from $5.3bn in 2022, even as toxic air causes more than 8m premature deaths annually, according to a new report. Governments continue to channel billions more in international aid into projects that prolong fossil fuel use than into tackling […]

Clean air funding falls, while aid for fossil fuel projects soars

Global funding to tackle air pollution is falling, even as the world faces mounting health and economic costs from toxic air, according to this year’s State of Global Air Quality Funding report, produced by the Clean Air Fund, Climate Policy Initiative and The Advocacy Team. Last year, the headline finding of the report was that funding for fossil fuel projects had overtaken that for air quality schemes. A year on we are now being told that inte…