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.

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

3 July 2025

A group of activists holding a large banner reading 'CANCEL THE DEBT' and smaller signs during a demonstration at the UN Tax Conference in Seville.

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

3 July 2025

Egyptian and Zambian foreign ministers seated at a conference panel during 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

Construction workers at a building site, some wearing hats and protective clothing, working with steel reinforcement bars.

Migration must be central to development agenda, says IOM chief

2 July 2025

A large white superyacht on blue water with a forested coastline and mountains in the background.

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

1 July 2025

A line of female students in red and white school uniforms. The central student is in sharp focus, looking towards the camera.

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

1 July 2025

Pedestrians walk along a wide plaza in front of a large yellow building with palm trees under a blue sky in Sevilla, Spain.

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

30 June 2025

A group of women at the FFD4-Opening event in Sevilla take a selfie together.

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

30 June 2025

A large conference floor graphic for the 4th International Financing for Development Conference (FFD4) in Sevilla, 2025, with attendees walking in the background.

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INTERVIEW: Sevilla ‘a critical test’ of multilateralism

2 July 2025

Economic Development

Nations taking part in a flagship UN conference have pledged to address the debt crisis in the Global South and boost sustainable development. However, the real test will be whether or not these commitments will be translated into action.

UN Assistant Secretary-General Marcos Neto speaks during an interview at the Financing for Development conference in Seville, Spain, in 2025.

UN News/Leticia Alvarez

Sevilla: Without sustainable development, there is neither hope nor security

2 July 2025

Economic Development

A senior UN official has told UN News that the global development challenge is not lack of money, but how to align public and private capital flows. The Sevilla Agreement adopted this week, sets out a roadmap for all UN Member States — except the US which pulled out earlier this month — with the aim of mobilizing that capital.

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Migration must be central to development agenda, says IOM chief

2 July 2025

Economic Development

Migration must be viewed as a core part of global development policy, not just a humanitarian response, says Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Woman identified as Inés Carpio at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla, 2025.

UN News/Matt Wells

Spanish international finance chief: ‘We are back on track for multilateralism’

2 July 2025

UN Interviews

Spain’s head of international financing has told UN News that after deep uncertainty at the beginning of the year when power changed hands in the United States, the financing for development conference taking place in Sevilla has shown than multilateralism is “back on track.”

Inés Carpio told Matt Wells in the southern Spanish city that she was very optimistic coming out of the conference, when a platform for action was a major part of the outcome document, adopted on day one.

UN News/Matt Wells

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

2 July 2025

Economic Development

A new mechanism offering debt-distressed countries a way to coordinate action and amplify their voice in the global financial system, has been launched at the UN’s pivotal sustainable development conference in Sevilla.