We partially agree with this recommendation. The UK supports regional climate initiatives through institutions such as the Green Climate Fund, Global Environment Facility, African Development Bank and the World Bank – we estimate that over $300m is being put into the Lake Chad Basin climate space from these institutions over the next five years. However, we assess we can deliver more effective support from our funding through our bilateral programming, where we are supporting effective climate-smart agriculture and land regeneration at a cost of less than £20 per tonne of CO2 equivalent and leveraging large amounts of private sector investment, including from UK companies such as ReGen Farms and potentially international banks such as Rabobank. We will increase engagement with the multilateral initiatives working on regional multilateral climate programming to share lessons learned from our bilateral programming, and work closely with Nigeria-only programmes such as the World Bank’s ACRESAL (Arid Land Programme) to increase its impact and synergises with our own programming.