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\"The annual financing shortfall has now exceeded $4,000,000,000,000 to achieve sustainable development,\" said a senior ECOSOC speaker during opening remarks. Under‑Secretary‑General Lee Chinhwa presented the Secretary‑General's 2025 progress report, saying, \"This report marks a decade of the implementation of the transformative 2030 Agenda. It reveals that only 35% of SDG targets are on track or making moderate progress.\"

The nut graf: delegates framed the shortfall as a central obstacle to meeting the 2030 goals and called for a mix of domestic resource mobilization, reforms to international finance, and scaled private‑public investment. Several countries and speakers referenced the Seville outcome as a political and operational roadmap to close financing gaps, but they stressed that agreement must be followed by concrete measures such as debt restructuring, concessional finance, and bankable project pipelines.

Member states and other speakers underlined the scale and distribution of the problem. The Secretary‑General's report and subsequent interventions cited a series of high‑level figures: more than 800,000,000 people remain in extreme poverty; debt servicing costs for low‑ and middle‑income countries reached about $1,400,000,000,000; and carbon dioxide concentrations reached record levels in 2024. National representatives highlighted country‑specific needs: the representative of Nepal said achieving the SDGs there requires about $23,000,000,000 per year (roughly 45% of GDP), with an 11%‑of‑GDP residual financing gap. Uganda and other delegations described domestic reforms, inclusive financing models, and public development banks as key instruments.

From the private sector and civil society perspectives, panellists and delegations emphasized blended finance, guarantees, first‑loss facilities, and better matchmaking between bankable projects and available capital. Sanda Ojiambo, CEO of the UN Global Compact, summarized private‑sector priorities discussed at Seville: \"There are enough bankable projects\" but improved matchmaking, regulatory coherence, and co‑creation with the private sector are needed to scale investment.

Several delegations and stakeholders argued reform of the international financial architecture is necessary to improve access to affordable financing and to mitigate adverse spillovers from major economies. Russia, South Africa, China, and other states urged more inclusive global governance and greater voice for developing countries. Norway, which co‑facilitated FFD4, called for efficient use of existing finance while mobilizing new public and private sources and highlighted anti‑corruption and financial integrity as cross‑cutting priorities.

The forum repeatedly returned to immediate next steps: implementing the Seville commitments, scaling blended finance and derisking mechanisms, strengthening domestic resource mobilization, and expanding concessional finance for vulnerable countries. Several delegations noted that the true test of Seville will be rapid, measurable follow‑through at national and multilateral levels.

Ending: The High‑Level Political Forum will continue in plenary and thematic sessions to review SDG progress and to press for operational follow‑up to the financing commitments discussed in Seville. Delegates repeatedly emphasized that political consensus must translate into concrete financing instruments, debt solutions, and bankable projects if the 2030 Agenda is to remain achievable.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","High-Level Political Forum 2025 - Opening | United Nations","oneSentenceSummary","At the opening of the 2025 High‑Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, United Nations officials and member states warned that the world faces an annual financing shortfall of roughly $4,000,000,000,000 to meet the 2030 Agenda and urged rapid implementation of commitments from the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville.","taxTitle","United Nations","taxId",77382,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":56,"_72":56,"_73":56},6550745,"Civil society and youth at HLPF say Seville outcome lacks ambition; call for public finance, tax and debt frameworks",4671,4463000,9134000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5383578-3459b6649bd910010b2dedcf88eb8d38&start=4463&end=9134","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5383578-3459b6649bd910010b2dedcf88eb8d38/thumbnail_4463000.jpg","/articles/6550745/Civil-society-and-youth-at-HLPF-say-Seville-outcome-lacks-ambition-call-for-public-finance-tax-and-debt-frameworks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6550745-7b6be0faac2f94f7c1ddf56ed05c38d3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771173949&Signature=aTn-5Kk1QvQPUGDab~C1eS5ZOP3ecSDm2xxwYWz4v0WHaJDK3WO~SdIADTM0Xwc~oDEOw92--p5szWzQ1k1iRFpp7aDFdmkwN08nhey~c6q8gyzfEGLohLBVgvk2I7ODOekn4W7GjhiSaNvG~RDG0sa32h8Uj9mdAEaYWVGltuvwrF-EUMAdi217c-AJVMnjnDNPv4U5YeuK-ScokY6Fu5WuiiFiteBoNOBhmi9qj-OeBr3NbN~MRArRfXKLzVN7KtrtkE5QI4zgN2GpxexB9bRYeFJ6mLDIud2P-V2vdjNQLISweETZfHoW-8db7hhzNXeEECrK0M9-utAcuIEQyw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Civil society networks, women's and youth constituencies and some member states used the High‑Level Political Forum to sharply criticize the outcomes of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville and to press for stronger public financing, tax justice, and debt frameworks.

\"We are actually very disappointed in the outcomes. We feel that there was no real ambition in the Compromiso Sevilla to reform the international financial architecture,\" said Emilia Reyes, director of Policies and Budgets for Equality and Sustainable Development at Equidad, speaking for a civil society FFD mechanism. Reyes urged stronger public investments and regulation of private finance, saying that \"without public resources, this will not be fulfilled.\"

The nut graf: civil society speakers argued Seville calibrated toward private investment without adequate safeguards, and they urged intergovernmental mechanisms to address tax cooperation, sovereign debt, and investor‑state dispute settlement. Youth and women's groups warned that scaling private finance without protections risks deepening inequality and shrinking civic space.

Reyes and other civil society speakers called for three UN‑level initiatives discussed in the plenary: a UN framework on tax cooperation, a UN framework on sovereign debt, and stronger rules on international development cooperation. Together 2030 and the transparency and accountability network highlighted rising military spending and shrinking development aid, urging that resources be reallocated to human‑centered development.

Youth and women speakers also demanded inclusion in implementation mechanisms. Jae Won Choi, a youth representative, said youth must have a formal voice in implementation fora and multilateral banks. Veronica Brown, speaking for the Women's Major Group, warned that weakened language on gender and health in negotiated ministerial texts would be \"a rollback\" and called on member states to strengthen commitments.

Ending: Civil society representatives said they will continue to press member states at HLPF and other fora to convert high‑level commitments into binding or systemic reforms on taxation, debt, finance governance and inclusive participation; they pledged ongoing monitoring and advocacy.

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Robert Kirkpatrick, Chairman of the United Cities Foundation, described an open, federated platform called Open Twin intended as an open‑source \"digital twin\" operating system for cities. \"This is a technology that is meant to be used by community groups, by local businesses, by entrepreneurs to innovate,\" Kirkpatrick said, adding that existing proprietary systems tend to lock cities into vendor platforms.

The nut graf: panelists argued that accelerating SDG progress requires both new tools and deliberate choices about governance and inclusiveness so technology serves communities rather than reinforcing digital colonialism. Panelists urged simple, accessible interfaces and offline or low‑bandwidth access (SMS, WhatsApp) to reach underserved areas.

Panelists described practical models. Kirkpatrick said Chile offered to host an early living lab for Open Twin and that the platform is designed to federate so that cities can share models and AI‑assisted lessons. He said the aim is to democratize decision‑support such as flood evacuation modeling or traffic impacts, not to keep systems behind closed vendor platforms.

Sanda Ojiambo of the UN Global Compact and other discussants highlighted that private capital can be mobilized if projects are bankable and matched to financing instruments; she called for co‑creation and early private‑public engagement. A science representative said research often runs in disciplinary silos and urged mission‑oriented, transdisciplinary research co‑designed with users to increase absorptive capacity and uptake.

Delegations and panellists repeatedly stressed access issues. Panel contributions and country statements warned that more than 2,000,000,000 people lack digital access and that AI tools must be developed responsibly to avoid amplifying inequality. Several delegations and scientists called for strengthening national science advisory systems, open science infrastructures, and international cooperation to build capacities in least‑developed countries.

Ending: Speakers urged immediate pilot projects, open standards, and funding to scale inclusive digital public infrastructure; the HLPF's upcoming thematic sessions will examine STI roadmaps and capacity building.

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UN forum warns of $4 trillion annual SDG financing shortfall; member states urge Seville follow‑through

Civil society and youth at HLPF say Seville outcome lacks ambition; call for public finance, tax and debt frameworks

Panel at HLPF spotlights digital public infrastructure and open‑source "digital twin" platform for cities