Jesse Chase-Lubitz

United Kingdom

Climate Journalist at Freelance

Climate Reporter at Devex

Articles

What is Financing for Development 4 and why is it a big deal?

1 week ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development approaches, Seville could define the next decade of development finance — with critical debates on debt, tax, trade, and aid on the table. In one month, the biggest names in development finance, country leaders, civil society, and private sector representatives will be meeting in Seville, Spain, for a conference that’s been a decade in the making: the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, or FfD4.
Change is coming to Syria. Can the aid sector seize the opportunity?

1 week ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

It has been almost six months since the Assad regime fell in Syria and former al-Qaeda member Ahmed Al-Sharaa assumed leadership. After 14 years of war, Syrians took to the streets in celebration. With the country looking to emerge from its dark decade, there is a window for the aid sector to deliver much-needed urgent assistance.
Gaza aid plan under fire as NGOs deny involvement

1 week ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

Jake Wood, the executive director of the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, resigned on Sunday, just one day before the private humanitarian organization’s food aid distribution plan for Gaza launched, saying that it is “not possible” to implement the initiative “while also strictly adhering to humanitarian principles.” On Monday, David Burke, the chief operating officer of GHF, also resigned, according to The Washington Post.
A new model for funding global health takes shape

2 weeks ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

In an era of shrinking aid budgets and growing global health demands, the Pandemic Fund is testing a new model of funding, one focused on filling gaps, and increasingly reliant on domestic commitment. The fund, launched two-and-a-half years ago in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, was created to invest in pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response in low- and middle-income countries.
Deforestation skyrockets as Brazil plans forest-focused COP30

2 weeks ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

Tropical forest loss almost doubled between 2023 and 2024, fueled largely by wildfires, according to a report released today by the World Resources Institute. The emissions from the forest fires were four times greater than emissions caused by aviation in 2023. The report comes just six months before tens of thousands of people are set to fly to the Brazilian Amazon for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for the 30th U.N. climate summit, or COP30.
Europe’s development leaders call for rethink on aid and partnerships

3 weeks ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

In a candid Devex Pro Live discussion, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul and Jean Van Wetter explore how Europe can resist the erosion of aid and reinvent development cooperation for a new geopolitical era. At a moment of reckoning for European development cooperation, two veteran voices — Germany’s former Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul and Enabel CEO Jean Van Wetter — joined Devex for a candid conversation on the future of aid in Europe.
COP30 presidency calls for shift from climate pledges to implementation

4 weeks ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

In the face of “climate urgency,” the Brazilian presidency of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, called for a focus on implementing climate action in the lead-up to the summit in Belém this November.
Why are 400,000 boxes of food for malnourished kids stuck in the US?

1 month ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

A Rhode Island nonprofit that manufactures lifesaving peanut paste called Plumpy’Nut to feed severely malnourished children has 123,188 boxes of the product sitting in its warehouse. Down in Georgia, another company that produces a similar paste has around 300,000 boxes sitting on its dock. The boxes, which are meant to go to countries including Sudan and Somalia, have been stuck there since February.
Kenya’s climate commitment sets standard before COP30

1 month ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

Despite contributing less than 0.1% of global emissions, Kenya’s ambitious NDC charts a path to 100% renewable electricity and deeper climate integration across its entire economy. Kenya submitted its nationally determined contribution, or NDC, on Friday, and experts are impressed. NDCs are country-specific plans that outline how a country will contribute to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming. Countries must submit new NDCs every five years.
How cities are getting a seat at the global climate finance table

1 month ago | devex.com | Jesse Chase-Lubitz

City leaders from lower-income countries have long pushed for direct access to financing from multilateral development banks rather than going through their national governments. Central governments tend to get the loans because they usually have the resources to guarantee payback. But city leaders say that creates barriers to their access. Cities have grown rapidly over the last decade. In 2007, the number of people in urban settings overtook those living in rural areas.