UK Foreign Office Roundup for November 10: Ethiopia Action Plan Published Under the Global Clean Power Alliance, Consular Guide for Indonesia Updated
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) published a round of updates on GOV.UK on November 10: the Global Clean Power Alliance (GCPA) Finance Mission set out its first-year progress and published a country action plan for Ethiopia during the COP31 climate conference, and the department's consular guidance for British nationals in Indonesia was updated with added information on support available in the UK.
The Global Clean Power Alliance was launched by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the G20 summit in November 2024. Its Finance Mission, co-led by the UK and Brazil, helps emerging markets and developing economies mobilise private finance for clean power transitions, in line with the Global Stocktake goals of tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030. The first country action plans, covering the African Union, Brazil, the Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Morocco, Mozambique and Tanzania, were published at COP30 in November 2025.
On November 10, at COP31 in Türkiye, the UK and Brazil jointly set out the progress made in the Finance Mission's first year and welcomed two new members: the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), the mission's first partner in Asia, and Ethiopia, the incoming COP Presidency and host of COP32. Action plans for both new members are being published this week.
Among the first wave of delivery: Brazil is launching the first call for proposals under a new Project Preparation Facility linked to Brazil's Investment Platform (BIP); the Eastern Caribbean will receive up to £8.7 million through the World Bank Group-led Resilient Renewable Energy Infrastructure Investment Facility (RREIIF); and in East Africa the UK announced US$4 million of new support through the World Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) to strengthen the East Africa Power Pool, plus a further US$2 million ESMAP programme in Tanzania to open a route for private capital in generation and transmission.
The Ethiopia action plan, also published on November 10, will be delivered with the Green Finance Institute, the World Bank Group and ESMAP. Its three priority actions are integrated electricity-system planning and investment prioritisation, supporting Ethiopia's Ministry of Water and Energy and the Ethiopian Electric Utility and Ethiopian Electric Power; a prioritised transmission and independent power transmission (IPT) development roadmap for Ethiopian Electric Power; and targeted project-readiness and bankability support for a small number of priority projects, with one or two early test cases. Ethiopia has committed to expanding energy access under its new Energy Policy, National Electrification Plan 3.0 and M300 Energy Compact; the plan remains a live document, with a formal review and update due by COP31.
The day's other update concerned consular services. The FCDO updated its guidance "Indonesia: information for victims of rape and sexual assault," expanding the section on reporting an incident to the police in the UK. The guidance states that a crime committed in Indonesia should be reported to the Indonesian police, ideally before leaving the country so evidence can be collected; a report can still be made to UK police after returning home, but UK police cannot normally investigate a crime committed in Indonesia, as the Indonesian authorities are responsible for investigating it, though UK police may help survivors access support services and explain their options. The section also points readers to support available in the UK, including the Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis live online support service, which British survivors can reach from anywhere in the world. The rest of the guidance is unchanged, including local help lines in Indonesia (emergency services 112, police 110, and the victim support line 129 run by Indonesia's Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection) and consular assistance through the British Embassy in Jakarta.
(Source: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Source: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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