The upcoming Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4, in Sevilla, Spain) during June 30-July 3, 2025, should send forth the message of hope that humanity’s global goals to end poverty and contain the climate emergency are within reach.

MILAN, ITALY (4 May 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced plans to expand its support to long-term food and nutrition security in Asia and the Pacific by $26 billion, bringing its total funding for food security initiatives to $40 billion over 2022–2030.

The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, co-hosted by the ITU and the Swiss Confederation, and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD. The event is strengthened by the collaborative engagement of other United Nations entities with the mandate of implementing the WSIS Action Lines.

Nickel used in France’s best-selling electric cars is fuelling an ecocide across Indonesia for the benefit of a handful of oligarchs, including those close to former president Joko Widodo. By the Environmental Investigative Forum.