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  • New Year Honours for crises staff at the Foreign Office

    The Foreign Office is delighted that 19 of our staff have received recognition in the New Year Honours List for their exceptional contributions in delivering the UK response to crises overseas this year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The latest advice on Japan from the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser

    Sir John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser, with Jill Mearer (Health Protection Agency) and Hilary Walker (Department of Health), held a teleconference with the British community in Tokyo on 7 April.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A different philosophy: why our thinking on flooding needs to change faster than the climate

    Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency Brunel University, 9 May 2019

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  • Response to the natural disasters in Indonesia

    Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell said: “Our sympathies go out to those affected by these disasters.  We are…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Andrew Mitchell praises pupils ‘digging deep’ for Pakistan

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell to congratulate pupils at Lordswood Boys’ School in Birmingham for their fundraising efforts for people in flood-hit Pakistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • European Council unites over Libya, Japan and economic growth

    Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed the "real European unity" shown at the European Council as they discussed the mission to protect people in Libya and sent a "clear message of solidarity to the Japanese people"

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Space Agency to partner with Peru on satellite research to reduce disaster vulnerabilities

    Using Earth Observation and Global Navigation Satellite System technologies, the British Government will help Peru tackle disaster relief and disease control.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • DFID Research: Scuba rice - breeding flood-tolerance into Asia's local mega rice varieties

    Collaborative research leads to the development of new water-tolerant rice varieties to protect crops from short-term flooding.

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  • The future of UK aid post-Brexit

    Speech by International Development Secretary, the Rt. Hon. Penny Mordaunt MP, at CDC in central London.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Sowing the seeds of scuba rice

    How flood resistant rice is helping South Asian farmers feed their families when the floods come

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  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 17 March 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Japan, Libya and Bahrain.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Daring delivers aid to typhoon-hit island

    Royal Navy sailors are on the island of Guintacan which suffered extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure during Typhoon Haiyan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pacific Dawn report published

    Drowning of a passenger in a swimming pool on board the cruise ship Pacific Dawn.

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  • Disasters: New technology fund for humanitarian innovation

    The UK will set up a new fund to back mobile, text and other innovative technologies which can be used to help those hit by humanitarian crises

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • African nations unite for lifesaving training to tackle drowning epidemic

    Lifesavers and swimming experts from 14 African countries, united with the shared goal of saving lives from drowning, have travelled to Zanzibar where they will today (22 September) begin two weeks of intensive training with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution...

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Mining Disaster in Manisa-Soma, Turkey

    Message from the British Ambassador Richard Moore

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Back to the Future

    Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech to Futurebuild 2019

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  • Ghana Mission visit Tokyo for Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop on 28-31 January 2020

    The British Embassy in Tokyo, working with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Ghana in Tokyo, hosted a delegation from Ghana for expert level discussions on Disaster Risk Reduction to exchange best practice and explore ways...

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • DFID climate change project wins award

    Ground breaking ‘scuba rice’ - developed thanks to UK aid - has won a prestigious national award.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 2010 UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals

    UK hails 'unprecedented success' at 2010 summit on MDGs

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government