Reforming the international financial system and campaigning for more functional and fair tax systems are among the United Kingdom government’s new international development initiatives as part of the Integrated Review Refresh, its guiding foreign policy strategy, updated after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year and published Monday.
The document, which painted a bleak picture of the world, listed climate change and biodiversity loss as its first thematic priority, and sustainable development as its second priority.
It also announced the closure of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, to be replaced by the U.K. Integrated Security Fund, which will have a broader mandate that includes domestic as well as international priorities.