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

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.

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President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Jin Liqun, who has been taking part in FFD4 in Sevilla, Spain.
UN News/Matt Wells

Bankrolling sustainable development: ‘Positive, encouraging – and we need to do better’

The president of the world’s second largest multilateral development bank has lauded progress made during the pivotal UN financing for sustainable development conference in Sevilla, saying the commitment by countries to work together is “positive, encouraging – and we need to do better.”

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) chief Jin Liqun told Matt Wells who’s in Sevilla for UN News that amid “formidable” global challenges, no one country or institution can stay on the path to sustainability on their own.

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Inés Carpio, Spain's General Director for International Financing, at the Financing for Development conference in Sevilla, Spain.
UN News/Matt Wells

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

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.

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