Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 14 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the G7 joint statement on Strengthening anticipatory action in humanitarian assistance, published in May 2022, what steps her Department is taking to help improve its understanding of the role that anticipatory action plays in mitigating the humanitarian impact of shocks and disasters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her commitments in the G7 foreign ministers' joint statement on 14 May 2022, what steps her Department plans to take to improve its understanding of the role anticipatory action can play in mitigating the humanitarian impact of non-natural and non-climate related shocks.
The G7 statement builds on commitments agreed during the UK's G7 Presidency in 2021, and the UK will continue to be a global leader in driving more effective approaches to crises and preventing and anticipating future shocks. The UK is supporting partners including the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF); the Red Cross; the START fund; the Centre for Disaster Protection; and the Risk Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) to improve our understanding of the role of anticipatory action in mitigating the humanitarian impact of shocks and disasters as well as non-natural and non-climate related shocks.
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