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Global Leaders from Government, Finance, Business, Civil Society Appointed to Coalition to Rethink Development Cooperation

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The Future of Development Cooperation Coalition was born from high-level discussions at the June 2025 Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla, Spain. The Coalition has an ambitious agenda to facilitate a process through which countries at all stages of development—and leaders from across public, private, and civil society sectors—can co-create a vision for cooperation that is efficient, effective, legitimate, fit for the future, and anchored in mutual trust. Commissioners to hold their inaugural meeting during Spring Meetings next week in Washington, with media interviews available  Website:  www.devcoalition.org Washington D.C., London, Accra, [ 7 th  April 2026 ]— The  Future of Development Cooperation Coalition  today announced the full set of Commissioners who will guide its year-long effort to reimagine development cooperation for a new era defined by economic transformation, climate pressures, technological change, and shifting geopolitics. The co...

Fragmenting world worsens finance squeeze, reversing decades of progress on development, UN report warns

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 UN Press Release:  UNITED NATIONS, 9 April 2026 –   Development financing trends are going in the wrong direction, the United Nations warned today. In many areas, progress has not only stalled but is reversing due to weakened global collaboration, rising trade barriers, increased geopolitical tensions, repeated climate-related shocks, and an alarming assault on multilateralism. The  Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2026: Implementing the Sevilla Commitment  (FSDR 2026) assesses progress on  the Sevilla Commitment  — the blueprint for action on financing for sustainable development agreed at the historic Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in 2025. Many of the reforms envisioned under the Sevilla Commitment, including the reform of the international financial architecture, would give developing countries better and more nimble access to the funding they need. “Global development requires working together...

April Briefing by UNEP backing environmental multilateralism and plans for World Environment Day

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 Republished UNEPs briefing Your April Briefing   Get the latest on this year's World Environment Day, environmental multilateralism, data on ocean protection and conservation, and more. In depth   ...