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Donor-funded forest carbon trading scheme for multinational giants has not yet produced a single sale

The LEAF carbon trading scheme established by Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States aimed to rapidly raise billions of dollars in forest financing from multinational companies like Amazon, Nestlé, and Bayer. Well into its fifth year, it has not yet produced a single sale and is mired in problems. Norway has committed billions of crowns to the LEAF set-up, but in the wake of massive aid cuts, neither the UK nor the US government confirms continued support for the initiative.  

News August 14, 2025

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Sweden maintains funding ban on UNRWA as starvation in Gaza worsens

A new UN report states that UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, continues to have a “robust...

News August 11, 2025

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UNRWA funding dries up, UN lays out four alternatives for donors

Core funding to UNRWA recently released by the EU, Germany, and Spain have helped the UN agency for Palestinian...

News August 07, 2025

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Last-minute rule changes spark anger as revamp of Sweden’s civil society funding regime nears completion

Sida is nearing the final stretch of a tortured two-year-long process of revamping its system for allocating...

News July 01, 2025

Gavi pledges fall short by USD 2.5 billion

The replenishment of the vaccine alliance Gavi fell short of its USD 9 billion target at an event hosted...

News June 26, 2025

Norway puts brakes on Gavi pledge, old promises strain the budget

Norway, a key donor to the vaccine alliance Gavi, announces a reduction in its support for the next five...

News June 24, 2025

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Sania Nishtar, head of Gavi, straddles two eras in global health

The CEO of Gavi Sania Nishtar navigates a fine line as she gears up for the vaccine agency’s sixth replenishment...

News June 23, 2025

A Tvinnereim-Solhjell breeze made waves in the pond

In a recent interview with Development Today, former Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (Centre)...

News June 17, 2025

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Solhjell steps down as chief of Norad and withdraws from race for top job in UNDP

During Bård Vegar Solhjell’s five-and-a-half-year tenure as head of Norad, the aid agency’s budget expanded...

News June 15, 2025

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The anomaly. How a cutting-edge scheme in Brasilia gives direct grants to indigenous funds

A programme managed out of the Norwegian Embassy in Brazil aims to channel 90 per cent of its support...

News June 12, 2025

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