LondonFreedom of information data show £2.1bn of climate aid was relabelled.
Without it, the UK would have missed its £11.6bn target by nearly £1bn.
In 2023 the government loosened its definition of climate spending, so existing development-bank, private-sector, Afghanistan and Sudan aid counted.
The government says it met the target but has not published the full breakdown.
Labour has kept the looser rules while pledging deeper aid cuts.
How each outlet framed it
- Carbon Brief leans critical
- reconstructs the £11.6bn target as £2.1bn of relabelled funds, from FOI requests, showing it would have missed by nearly £1bn
Sources: Carbon Brief