IN ONE OF his final acts of global engagement, Pope Francis convened a Jubilee Commission of experts—including ourselves and other leading experts in debt and development—at the Vatican to address a ...

Efforts to meet the ambitious target of conserving at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 have fallen short. But a new mechanism will provide developing countries with the financing to fast-track ...

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WASHINGTON, December 3, 2025—Developing countries paid out $741 billion more in principal and interest on their external debt than they received in new financing between 2022 and 2024—the largest gap ...

While the world pushes for clean energy, developing economies still rely on fossil fuels, and without major financing, the transition will remain unequal and out of reach. According to Greenpeace, one ...