Rory Stewart: I will double UK foreign aid spent on climate change
Tory leadership hopeful wants to put climate change at the centre of DfID's work, and says the UK should massively expand its tree planting programme
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart has said he wants to double the amount of UK foreign aid spent on tackling climate change to over £2bn, once again warning society is "facing an environment...
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