The IMF Annual Report 2025 presents a comprehensive assessment of the global economic landscape marked by exceptional uncertainty, driven by rising geopolitical tensions, policy divergence, AI-driven technological shifts, climate-related shocks, and structural changes in international trade. Despite global resilience in…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has released a comprehensive Training Facilitation Guide on Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence (hHRDD) to support companies operating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs). As global standards evolve and expectations on corporate conduct increase,…
Title: Focus on Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) & Country Spotlight: Liberia Overall status (as of 15 Nov 2025) Four major emerging trends in LULUCF across the new NDCs Country Spotlight: Liberia’s NDC 3.0 Other notable tools &…
UNIDO Directorate of SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation Global food systems are under severe stress due to converging crises, COVID-19 disruptions, violent conflicts, climate shocks, inflation, and weak global supply chains. These threats have reversed 15 years of progress, leaving…
The new climate finance goal agreed at COP29 (at least $1.3 trillion per year by 2035 for developing countries) cannot be achieved with the current broken international financial architecture (IFA). Current climate finance is too small, mostly debt-creating, fragmented, and…
Title: Trade: a catalyst for achieving the Paris Agreement Trade policy is one of the most powerful, yet underused, tools to accelerate the global transition to low-carbon economies, meet the Paris Agreement goals, and finance climate action, especially in developing…
“On the brink: Trade, finance and the reshaping of the global economy” The world economy in 2025 stands at a critical juncture. A century after the Great Depression, rising tariffs, geopolitical tensions, and financial volatility are once again threatening global…
Published in 2025 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), this groundbreaking report challenges the long-held assumption that respecting human rights comes at the expense of corporate competitiveness. Titled Human Rights vs.…
This 30-page United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report, prepared for the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha, reflects on global progress since the 1995 Copenhagen Summit, where hundreds of millions escaped poverty and global life expectancy rose by…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report, A Decade of Global Support to Social Development (October 2025), provides a comprehensive review of global social development progress and challenges over the past decade (2015–2024). It highlights UNDP’s role in supporting countries…