May. 17 2024
Source Page: International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AIFound: concentrated in nations such as the US, Canada, the UK, and China, with at least one coming from Africa
May. 17 2024
Source Page: International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AIFound: concentrated in nations such as the US, Canada, the UK, and China, with at least one coming from Africa
May. 17 2024
Source Page: The Future of UK FinanceFound: one place in the world where everyone can transact and interact – the Far East, Middle East, America, Africa
May. 17 2024
Source Page: I. Call for views on the Code of Practice for software vendors. Incl. annexes. 39p. II. Letter dated 15/05/2024 from Viscount Camrose to Baroness Stowell of Beeston regarding the Government’s Call for Views on the Code of Practice for software vendors. 2p. II. .Found: United Kingdom o Europe (excluding the United Kingdom ) o North America o South America o Africa
Mentions:
1: Earl of Sandwich (XB - Excepted Hereditary) because I had worked with several aid NGOs, including Christian Aid and Save the Children, notably on Africa - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) the first CPA conference—then the Empire Parliamentary Association —held outside London, in southern Africa - Speech Link
Special Report May. 17 2024
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: needed to provide access, the programme will help people living in poor communities across Asia and Africa
Asked by: Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of British International Investment's increased focus on renewable energy projects in Africa; and what assessment they have made of how this aligns with the UK's international development policy.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The FCDO's International Development White Paper outlines the Government's ambition for BII to be a leading DFI on climate finance, supporting partner countries in their transition to net zero and resilient economies. This builds on BII's track record of being the UK's principal investment vehicle for delivering climate finance to developing countries, with over $1 billion of climate finance invested since COP26.
Through the agreement of BII's five-year strategy, Investment Policy, and Policy on Responsible Investment, FCDO ensures alignment of all BII's investments with the UK's international development priorities. In addition, FCDO oversees an evaluation and learning program which recently reviewed BII's infrastructure portfolio. The review found that (i) BII contributes to the provision of cleaner capacity through investments in renewable energy assets, (ii) BII increases resource efficiency through the lowering of power distribution losses in its transmission and distribution (T&D) portfolio, and (iii) 65 percent of the impact generated by BII's infrastructure investments comes from those located in Africa.
Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made representations to his Algerian counterpart on the imprisonment of Pastor Youssef Ourahamane.
Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We are aware of the case of Pastor Youssef Ourahamane, and are disappointed to hear of his sentencing. We will seek to raise the case at the soonest opportunity with the Algerian authorities. The British Embassy Algiers raises issues of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) more broadly and remains in contact with religious minorities including the Protestant Church of Algeria. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for FoRB, Fiona Bruce MP, raised the ability of religious minorities to freely practice their faith with the Algerian authorities during her visit to Algiers in September 2022. Minister for North Africa, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, met the Minister of Religious Affairs in June 2022 to discuss freedom of religion or belief.
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA): evaluationFound: • Wave 2: South Africa, Türkiye , Mexico4 and Peru.
Found: delegation : In June 2023 , representatives of seven African countries (Zambia, Comoros, Senegal, South Africa