World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future
30 June 2025 - 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.
After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now
30 June 2025 - Now the big promises have been formally adopted in the Spanish city of Sevilla to turbocharge financing for sustainable development, how are the ambitious goals going to be met – and how quickly?
It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla
30 June 2025 - “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.
FFD4 International Business Forum call to action unites world business and government leaders to boost private investment for sustainable development
30 June 2025 – At the opening of the International Business Forum during the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), global business leaders issued an urgent call to unlock more capital for sustainable development.
Global leaders launch the “Sevilla Platform for Action” to accelerate financing for sustainable development
30 June 2025 — On the first day of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), Heads of State and Governments and global leaders gathered to launch the Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) – a major step to begin implementing the Compromiso de Sevilla without delay.
International Conference on Financing for Development opens with a renewed global framework to tackle sustainable development challenges
30 June 2025 - The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) opened today in Sevilla with the adoption of the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla ...
Global digital cooperation in focus as 20th Internet Governance Forum concludes in Norway
27 June 2025 – The 20th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded today in Lillestrøm, Norway, celebrating two decades of advancing open, inclusive, and secure digital development. Hosted by the Government of Norway...
What is financing for development?
22 June 2025 - According to the United Nations, the world needs an extra $4 trillion every year to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges – ending poverty and hunger, fighting climate change, and reducing inequality.
Hope renewed for keeping the promise of the SDGs as world leaders head to Sevilla
25 June 2025 – Amid mounting debt burdens and declining investment, to reduced aid and growing trade barriers, world leaders will gather in Sevilla next week for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4).
Internet Governance Forum opens, marking 20 years of leadership on global digital policy
24 June 2025 – The 20th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) opened today in Lillestrøm, Norway.
The future of a fair and just digital world
20 June 2025 – As the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) marks two decades shaping global digital policy, the need to create an equitable online future has never been greater.
Accelerating public service delivery for a sustainable future
20 June 2025 – With just five years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the urgency to accelerate action has never been greater.
Ahead of UN summit, countries finalise landmark ‘Compromiso de Sevilla’
18 June 2025 – UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew from the negotiations and announced it will not attend the conference.
Only with a healthy ocean can we achieve healthy and thriving societies
15 June 2025 – The picturesque city of Nice took center stage as more than 15,000 participants joined the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), representing governments, the science community, civil society, and the private sector. With urgent calls to reverse the ocean’s declining health, the conference sparked record-breaking pledges and renewed international momentum toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water.
Making migrants count: experts convene in Malmö to close gaps in migration data
16 June 2025 - Migration experts, policymakers, statisticians, and data scientists from around the world are convening in Malmö, Sweden, for the Fourth International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS) from 16 to 18 June.