Press releases

New York, 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).

Washington, New York, Paris, Geneva, Abu Dhabi, 25 June 2025 – Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025 finds that almost 92% of the world’s population now has basic access to electricity Although this is an improvement since 2022, which saw the number of people without basic access decrease for the first time in a decade, over 666 million people remain without access, indicating that the current rate is insufficient to reach universal access by 2030.

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), to take place in Sevilla, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July 2025, will bring together world leaders to advance solutions to financing challenges threatening the achievement of sustainable development.

The 20th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) opened today in Lillestrøm, Norway. Convened by the United Nations Secretary-General and organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in collaboration with the Government of Norway, the multi-stakeholder meeting takes place from 23 to 27 June.

Nice, France, 9 June 2025 – The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica, opened today in Nice with strong calls to accelerate action and mobilize all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean.

Nice, France, 9 June 2025 – The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica, opened today in Nice with strong calls to accelerate action and mobilize all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean.