Press Release | FFD4 International Business Forum call to action unites world business and government leaders to boost private investment for sustainable development
At the opening of the International Business Forum during the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), global business leaders issued an urgent call to unlock more capital for sustainable development.
Press Release: Global leaders launch the “Sevilla Platform for Action” to accelerate financing for sustainable development
On the first day of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), Heads of State and Governments and global leaders gathered to launch the Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA) – a major step to begin implementing the Compromiso de Sevilla without delay.
Press Release | International Conference on Financing for Development opens with a renewed global framework to tackle sustainable development challenges
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) opened today in Sevilla with the adoption of the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla, an intergovernmentally negotiated outcome that lays the foundation for a renewed global framework for financing development. Commitments include steps to close the $4 trillion financing gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), address the debt crises, and reform the rules of the system to make the international financial system fairer and more transparent, putting people’s needs at the center, and injecting new hope for people around the world.
Media Advisory | FFD4: Opening Press Conference
The President of the Government of Spain and the United Nations Secretary-General will hold a press conference on the opening day of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla, where world leaders, international financial institutions, civil society and private sector representatives are convening from 30 June to 3 July to commit to a renewed global framework to mobilize finance at scale and reform the rules of the system to put people’s needs at the center.
Media Advisory | FFD4 Special Event: Implementing the Sevilla Platform for Action
In the Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA), coalitions of countries and stakeholders are announcing 130 high-impact initiatives to implement the Compromiso de Sevilla – the outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4). The initiatives of the SPA will put in place a highly ambitious package of concrete actions to support the renewed global financing framework that world leaders are adopting in Sevilla.
Press Release | United Nations Secretary-General launches report to break “the cycle of debt distress”, ahead of Major UN Financing Conference
The United Nations Secretary-General today presented new recommendations–Confronting the Debt Crisis: 11Actions to Unlock Sustainable Financing–that aim to break the cycle of debt distress and lay the foundation for unlocking long-term, affordable financing that supports sustainable development.