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The governments of the UK and Bolivia work together to deepen their partnership on climate and nature, to protect Bolivia's forests and biodiversity.

• Updated: 15 March 2024

Changes to the government grant scheme for heat pumps will make them cheaper and easier for families to install.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's piece in the Telegraph.

• Updated: 12 March 2024

Homes in East Peckham and Five Oak Green better protected from flooding, as property flood resilience measures installed in 424 properties

• Updated: 12 March 2024

Belize Women’s Seaweed Farmers Association awarded grant for sustainable expansion of seaweed farms, promoting products and targeted training.

• Updated: 7 March 2024

Land is to be acquired by government to underpin nuclear revival.

• Updated: 7 March 2024

The British Ambassador, Nick Whittingham, paid a visit to the President of the National Congress, Luis Redondo, to explore initiatives to continue advancing democracy in Honduras.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Minister for the Americas, Caribbean and the Overseas Territories David Rutley gave a speech at an Arctic reception at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

• Updated: 1 March 2024

Paul-Henri Rebut given standing ovation by over 700 people celebrating the iconic fusion energy facility, the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire

• Updated: 1 March 2024

UK Atomic Energy Authority has launched a new online tool for residents and local businesses near West Burton to learn more about the vision for the STEP site.

• Updated: 29 February 2024

The Bourn Flood Risk Management Scheme aims to minimise flooding from the River Bourn by creating flood storage areas to hold excess water during high rainfall.

• Updated: 28 February 2024

Upgrades implemented in the Remote Handling Control Room at JET have transformed it into one of the most advanced robotics and remote handling systems globally.

• Updated: 26 February 2024

The British Ambassador, Nick Whittingham, paid a visit to the President of Congress, Nery Ramos, to find opportunities of collaboration to strengthen Guatemala’s democracy.

• Updated: 23 February 2024

Six Peruvian businesses that are adopting innovative approaches to fighting climate change have been selected to join the third phase of Climate Finance Accelerator Peru (CFA). The successful projects were chosen from over 7…

• Updated: 20 February 2024

The Energy Security Secretary Claire Coutinho attended a ministerial meeting of the International Energy Agency in Paris.

• Updated: 14 February 2024

Agreement complements the signing today of a Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Canada reflecting a new partnership on fusion energy

• Updated: 14 February 2024

The Joint European Torus (JET) has demonstrated the ability to reliably generate fusion energy whilst simultaneously setting a world-record in energy output.

• Updated: 8 February 2024

The government has announced the recipients of awards to improve lowland peat soils, including over £1.3m to projects across the North. 

• Updated: 7 February 2024

New official statistics confirm UK has cut emissions by 50% between 1990 and 2022.

• Updated: 6 February 2024

Tobias Bule will support the Solomon Islands government to access and deliver global climate finance for the benefit of Solomon Islanders.

• Updated: 29 January 2024