UN News Special Coverage of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) in Sevilla, Spain

Special Coverage of Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

Sevilla, Spain | 30 June-3 July 2025

Welcome to UN News’ special coverage of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), taking place in Sevilla, Spain.

This landmark gathering brings together world leaders, international institutions, businesses, civil society and the UN System to tackle the urgent financing challenges hindering progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

FFD4 offers a critical opportunity to reshape the global financial landscape and mobilize the resources needed for a fairer, more sustainable future.

Stay with us for live updates, expert insights, and in-depth reporting from Sevilla.

The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development came to a close with a call to action on 3 July.

With sustainable development under threat, Sevilla summit rekindles hope and unity

3 July 2025

Civil society delegates voice their concerns during the final day of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla, Spain.

The Sevilla Commitment: A vital step to rebuild trust in global cooperation

3 July 2025

Rania Al-Mashat (centre), Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development seated next to Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe (right), at the launch of the Borrowers’ Forum in Sevilla.

Drowning in debt: New forum in Sevilla offers borrowers chance to rebalance the books

2 July 2025

Often overworked and undervalued, women migrants are the backbone of both their host and home communities – sustaining economies through remittances, entrepreneurship and resilience. (file photo)

Migration must be central to development agenda, says IOM chief

2 July 2025

A $220 million yacht reportedly owned by a tech oligarch moors in the Mediterranean Sea.

Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality

1 July 2025

The participation of girls in education in places like India (pictured) is central to gender equality efforts.

‘The margins of the budget’: Gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion annually

1 July 2025

Sevilla is hosting the fourth Financing for Development conference.

It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla

30 June 2025

Sevilla is hosting the 4th Financing for Development conference.

After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now

30 June 2025

Shari Spiegel, Director of the Financing for Sustainable Development Office, UNDESA

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Nobody wants to give up on financing sustainable development, top official says

19 June 2025

UN Interviews

“Sevilla is a moment in time. It is really the beginning, not the end of the process,” says one of the senior UN officials helping Member States navigate high-stakes negotiations ahead of a landmark conference on sustainable development in Spain later this month.

Shari Spiegel is Director of Financing for Sustainable Development at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA).

Children play at a camp in Yemen for people displaced by conflict and the climate crisis.

Development is ‘the first line of defence against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council

19 June 2025

Peace and Security

Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in conflict-affected or fragile settings and this is on track to worsen, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.