The largest single donor worldwide has halted its development cooperation: funding for USAID has been frozen for 90 days. These actions by the US president are already costing human lives. The global community must save what it can.
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an Indigenous Peoples representative at high-level international conferences. She is convinced that if donor countries cut development and climate funding, they will pay the price in the long term.
After years of legal disputes, Malawi has enforced a ban on thin single-use plastics. The challenge now lies in consistent implementation to address pollution, protect ecosystems and align with global environmental efforts.
International donors are withdrawing, and nationalism has more momentum than multilateralism. What will the consequences be? A look into the future of development financing with Achim Steiner.
At the first D+C Roundtable, we spoke to private sector experts about the opportunities and challenges of private sector involvement in development financing – a topic becoming more important given the current decline in public development financing.
Mopane worms are a vital source of protein and income in Zimbabwe. Yet they are under threat due to climate change, deforestation and overharvesting. New sustainable farming initiatives aim to preserve them amid a worsening food security crisis.
