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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is increasingly hampered by insufficient funding. This Policy Brief, drawing on insights from a roundtable held in the context of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) with experts from the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia, examines how sustainable development financing can be safeguarded in an era of economic disruptions, global conflicts, and political shifts. It situates these recommendations within the context of the outcomes of the fourth Financing for Development (FfD4) Conference, with a view to informing the follow-up process.
An estimated USD 4.2 trillion are needed for the implementation of SDG policies. Notwithstanding this, economic insecurity, slow growth, and waning political commitment reduce private and public investments in sustainability. Rising conflicts lead to a redistribution of budgets towards military expenditures and away from environmental and social objectives. This includes reductions in Official Development Aid, further limiting funding for sustainability transformations in low- and middle-income countries.
In order to sustain and increase financing for SDG implementation, taking the challenging framework conditions into account, a series of actions is needed: 
–    Alignment of public spending with the SDGs and planetary boundaries by phasing out harmful subsidies and integrating sustainability into credit ratings and investment strategies.
–    Strengthening domestic revenue mobilisation through improved and efficient tax systems, tax transparency, and reduction of harmful tax expenditures.
–    Building institutional capacity in transitioning sectors, including sustainable finance, digitalised tax systems, and data provision for and engagement with credit-rating agencies.
–    Translating FfD4 outcomes into concrete actions in platforms like the G20, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank meetings, and the HSC, aligning them with social and environmental priorities. But also filling the gaps on issues neglected in FfD4 by supporting future multilateral agreements and voluntary initiatives on tax, SDRs, cost of capital, and debt restructuring.

 

During the Global Development Conference 2025, development experts and researchers kept warning that low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were being pushed into a wave of digital transformation without the basic statistical systems, institutional capacity, and local context needed to ensure that AI and digital tools truly benefited the poor. Among the prominent voices shaping this […]

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Generalanwältin Medina: Nach dem Abkommen für Handel und Zusammenarbeit zwischen der EU und dem Vereinigten Königreich ist der Grundsatz der Spezialität eine durchsetzbare wesentliche Verfahrensgarantie

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AG Medina: Under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the rule of speciality is an enforceable essential procedural guarantee

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AG Medina: Under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the rule of speciality is an enforceable essential procedural guarantee

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Avocate générale Medina : en vertu de l’accord de commerce et de coopération entre l’Union européenne et le Royaume-Uni, la règle de la spécialité est une garantie procédurale essentielle pouvant être invoquée et sa mise en application contrôlée

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Freizügigkeit
Der Schutz von Gebrauchsgegenständen durch das Urheberrecht unterliegt denselben Voraussetzungen wie der anderer Gegenstände

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Freedom of movement for persons
Copyright protection for utilitarian objects is subject to the same requirements as for other subject matter

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Személyek szabad mozgása  
A használati tárgyak szerzői jogi védelmére ugyanazok a követelmények vonatkoznak, mint más alkotások védelmére

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Libre circulation des personnes
La protection d’objets utilitaires par le droit d’auteur est soumise aux mêmes exigences que pour d’autres objets

Council and Parliament reach provisional deal on a set of rules for new genomic techniques, aiming to improve the competitiveness of European agriculture and support the sustainability of our food systems.

The EU and Armenia issued a joint press statement following their 6th Partnership Council meeting.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

The press briefing ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council will take place on Thursday, 4 December 2025 at 13.30.

On 3 and 4 December 2025, the President of the European Council António Costa travels to Astana, Kazakhstan to strengthen the European Union’s engagement with Central Asia.

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional deal on the REPowerEU regulation to gradually phase out Russian gas imports, with the aim of ending any dependency on Russian gas and strengthening the EU's energy security.

Council and Parliament strike provisional deal on the package travel directive.

A Tanács és az Európai Parlament ideiglenes megállapodásra jutott az új korrupcióellenes jogszabályról

A Tanács kialakította álláspontját a kritikus fontosságú gyógyszerekről szóló jogszabályról, egy olyan új rendeletről, amelynek célja, hogy a tagállamok közötti koordinációt és a kritikus fontosságú gyógyszerekkel való ellátás biztonságát javítva kezelje e gyógyszerek hiányát.

Council and Parliament reached a provisional deal on the revised GSP regulation, linking trade preferences for developing countries to stronger commitments on human rights, environment and migration cooperation.