Overseas Aid and Climate Change
The UK Government of the day faces opposing pressures from groups that wish the greatest generosity to poorer countries and those who believe that charity begins at home in these straightened financial times.
This suggestion squares the circle on Overseas Aid.
The risks of the UK Government sending cash to developing countries overseas are obvious. So why not go for win/win/win?
Select a hot country and a nearby seaboard. Manufacture in the UK and then build solar powered desalination plants in the recipient’s country for the local population to be employed to operate, WIN 1 & 2.
And WIN 3, the output could irrigate the hinterland and produce food and over time grow trees to capture carbon.
The UK Government should then have little objection to raising the Overseas Aid Budget back up to 0.7%. ANOTHER WIN!