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We heard that the process of applying for climate funds remains cumbersome for most LDCs, SIDS and grassroots organisations.82 Only 14% of ICF reached the 46 LDCs and just 2% reached the 39 SIDS between 2016 and 2018.83 73 Gov.uk, UK Biennial Finance Communication to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 2020, p.4, 12 December 2020 74 Gov.uk, Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, p.48, 16 March 2021 75 HC Deb, 13 July 2021, Columns 225 - 228 [Commons Chamber] 76 WaterAid (CDC0023) 77 CARE International UK (CDC0029), WaterAid (CDC0023) 78 Chair of the LDC Group Mr Sonam Phuntsho Wangdi. See: Climate Change News, UK aid budget cuts undermine trust ahead of Cop26 summit, experts warn, 25 November 2020 79 Bond and Climate Action Network UK (CAN-UK) (CDC0045), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (CDC0048) 80 Q57 [Marek Soanes] 81 Q17 [Diann Black-Layne] 82 Qq16–18 [Diann Black-Layne], Q43 [Gebru Jember], Q45 [Eileen Mairena Cunningham], Q55 [Marek Soanes] 83 OECD, Climate Finance Provided and Mobilised by Developed Countries in 2013–18, p.9, 6 November 2020 18 Global Britain in demand: UK climate action and international development around COP26