Wind farms in Africa will save British lives, says Minister And ultimately, we pay the price in British lives. Climate change isn't the only reason for instability in the future [in countries like Afghanistan, Eritrea, Somalia], but it's going to be a very aggravating factor, if we don't play our art in stemming it. A number of Tory MPs have hit out against the Government's plans to spend a total of £2.9bn on "climate change aid" by 2015. However, Mr Barker insisted it is a key part of achieving a deal in Doha on fighting climate change. Poor countries want $100bn per year by 2020 as part of any climate change deal before they will sign up to any agreement that forced them to cut emissions. The aim of the talks this year is to work towards a deal in 2015 that will start cutting emissions from 2020. Ed Davey, the Climate Change Secretary, agreed it was in the interest of UK taxpayers to spend money on ensuring a global deal. It is in everyone's interest in the UK that we progress these climate change talks. We are already seeing the damage it does not just in the UK but across the world. The impact of and costs of dangerous climate change will be far, far greater and we are already seeing those costs now.