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It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla

“We’re here in Sevilla to change course,” the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals – and build a better world for all.

2025-06-30T08:00:00-04:0030 Jun 2025|News|

LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future

From rising debt and shrinking investment, to the aid funding crisis and struggles to meet ambitious development goals, the global financial system is failing the people it's supposed to serve: fixing that is the challenge facing world leaders gathered in Spain's sweltering southern jewel of Sevilla this week, as the UN's 4th International Conference on Financing for Development gets underway. Follow our live Meetings Coverage below; app users can catch all the action from the opening session here and you'll find all related stories on our special dedicated page right here.

2025-06-30T08:00:00-04:0030 Jun 2025|News|

Press Release | International Conference on Financing for Development opens with a renewed global framework to tackle sustainable development challenges

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) opened today in Sevilla with the adoption of the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla, an intergovernmentally negotiated outcome that lays the foundation for a renewed global framework for financing development. Commitments include steps to close the $4 trillion financing gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), address the debt crises, and reform the rules of the system to make the international financial system fairer and more transparent, putting people’s needs at the center, and injecting new hope for people around the world.

2025-06-30T05:41:19-04:0030 Jun 2025|Featured, News, Press material|

‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: Spain makes the case for development funding

Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South. Despite this sobering backdrop, Eva Granados, Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, insists that global solidarity is still alive, despite indications to the contrary.

2025-06-28T08:00:00-04:0028 Jun 2025|News|

$1 towards a girl’s education = $3 for the global economy: That’s how development works

Helping those with less isn’t charity – it’s a shared investment in a better future. Yet global development financing is under strain. An upcoming UN conference in Sevilla, Spain, aims to change that by mobilizing large-scale investment for a more just and sustainable world.

2025-06-25T08:00:00-04:0025 Jun 2025|News|

What time is it on the Moon? It’s all relative…

Telling the time on the Moon is more complicated than you might think, but answering the question is becoming more important amid a resurgent interest in lunar exploration. The UN is helping to ensure the Moon is governed in a coordinated and peaceful way, and agreeing on a time zone is a central element of international discussions.

2025-06-24T08:00:00-04:0024 Jun 2025|News|
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