The British government on Tuesday rejected claims that it was planning to drop its 11.6 billion pound ($14.75 billion) climate funding pledge, saying they were false. The Guardian had reported that the government was drawing up plans to drop its flagship climate and nature funding pledge, citing a leaked briefing note to ministers given to the British Foreign Office and seen by the newspaper.

"Claims that the International Climate Finance pledge is being dropped are false," a government spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters. "As the Prime Minister set out at COP27, the government remains committed to spending 11.6 billion on international climate finance and we are delivering on that pledge." ($1 = 0.7865 pounds)

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