SDGs
- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
- • November 30, 2022

The decision at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to establish a fund to assist developing countries address loss and damage from the adverse impacts of climate change was a momentous signal of hope for humanity and the planet. The…
- Categories: Climate Change, SDGs, WORLDVIEWS
- Susanne Courtney
- • July 12, 2022

With the world facing an unprecedented food crisis, the smallest of the three Rome-based agencies of the United Nations — the International Fund for Agricultural Development — has a new president. Álvaro Lario, its chief financial officer and a…
- Categories: Development, Poverty, SDGs, UN Agencies
- Dawn Clancy
- • June 22, 2022

In the waning days of 2021, roughly two months before its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russia agreed to contribute $14 million to the United Nations Development Program for climate-related projects in Europe and Central Asia to begin…
- Categories: Development, Peace and Security, Security Council, UN Agencies
- Max-Otto Baumann
- • December 8, 2021

The reform of the United Nations development system has been a key project of Secretary-General António Guterres’s first term. Bold changes were planned to reposition the system to meet the needs of the 2030 Agenda — the Sustainable Development…
- Categories: Development, WORLDVIEWS