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Billions for vaccines and private sector tools to combat climate change

The Swedish government pledges to step up donations and procurement of COVID-19 vaccines in next year’s aid budget. A slight increase in funding for Africa and NGOs can be expected, and Swedfund will receive...

News September 20, 2021

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Indonesia’s sudden exit from 12-year climate deal: a ‘significant blow’ to Norwegian rainforest initiative

Citing Norway’s failure to fulfil its payment obligations, the Indonesian government announced last week...

News September 15, 2021

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IMF allocation of USD 650 billion in currency reserves unlikely to solve immediate covid funding crisis

Nordic governments have been issued USD 20 billion worth of Special Drawing Rights by the International...

News September 08, 2021

Farewell Tanzania. Denmark moves aid northward to stem migration from Africa

The Danish government seeks to restructure aid next year. Efforts to stem migration in the Sahel and...

News September 01, 2021

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NGOs slam meagre Danish, Finnish funding for WHO-led covid response

The Danish and Finnish governments have provided only a tiny fraction of their fair share of the global...

News August 26, 2021

Status quo for Finnish aid next year, clouds on the horizon

The Finnish Ministry of Finance has presented an aid budget proposal for next year that is at roughly...

News August 18, 2021

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WHO covid funding tracker exposes most donors’ lack of willingness to pay

A diplomatic campaign to raise billions of dollars desperately needed to pay for covid tools like tests...

News August 09, 2021

WHO covid funding tracker exposes most donors’ lack of willingness to pay

A diplomatic campaign to raise billions of dollars desperately needed to pay for covid tools like tests...

News August 09, 2021

Decolonise COVAX: an African critique

As Africa has fallen to the very back of the global vaccine queue, experts are questioning whether COVAX,...

News July 13, 2021

New Danish aid strategy embraces Nordic priorities, omits contentious asylum export plan

Denmark’s new aid strategy is aligned with traditional Nordic priorities such as human rights, democracy,...

News July 03, 2021

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