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Beijing and Washington break ice on first day of trade talks in Geneva

5 days ago | genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand

In a bid to ease mounting trade tensions, American and Chinese delegations met at the Swiss ambassador’s residence in Cologny, Geneva, for extended discussions aimed at paving the way toward real negotiations over the steep tariffs the economic superpowers have been trading. As the US and China remain locked in an escalating trade war, all eyes have turned to Geneva this weekend. On Saturday, delegations from both powers held a first round of discussions, with another round slated for Sunday.
China–US talks kick off in Geneva – expert warns failure could trigger economic split - Geneva Solutions

6 days ago | genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand

Talks between Chinese vice premier He Lifeng and US treasury secretary Scott Bessent began Saturday morning on the hills of Cologny in a bid to de-escalate the trade war. China expert Scott Kennedy outlines the stakes in the US magazine Foreign Policy, warning of disastrous consequences should the world’s two largest economies fully decouple.
Pesticide ban in Geneva marks progress – but can biopesticides fill the gap? - Geneva Solutions

1 week ago | genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand

As countries in Geneva agree to eliminate chlorpyrifos, natural, eco-friendly alternatives point to a safer path – if they receive support from all actors involved. Across Ethiopia’s hot, arid lowlands, a tiny yet destructive predator has plagued farmers for decades. The African bollworm, a voracious caterpillar, tunnels into cotton bolls, jeopardising the livelihoods of some 600,000 people, from smallholder farmers to crop field labourers to artisans and textile factory workers.
UNDP’s Marcos Neto isn’t worried about a sustainable finance popularity slump

1 week ago | genevasolutions.news | Kasmira Jefford

Geopolitics will come and go, but the permanent effects of climate change on the planet mean sustainable finance will remain an urgent priority for world leaders, argues the United Nations’ development agency’s policy boss. With an economy under assault from trade tensions, high debt levels and geopolitical conflicts, scaling up finance to tackle the world’s multiple crises – from climate change to food insecurity – faces seemingly insurmountable challenges.
When war threatens beauty: Aliph's battle to preserve cultural heritage

1 week ago | genevasolutions.news | Aline Jaccottet

Wherever human history has taken shape, war and disaster have posed a grave threat to culture. Valéry Freland, director of the Aliph Foundation, which is hosting a conference on the matter this week in Geneva, stresses the urgency of protecting it. It’s easy to forget, but the violence dominating headlines doesn’t just claim lives – it also erases stories. Stories told by women and men, and even by stones. The Aliph Foundation was established in Geneva in 2017 precisely to protect them.
UN80 or bust: Will Guterres’ radical reform gamble pay off?

1 week ago | genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand

Efforts to reform the United Nations have been ongoing for years. With finances in freefall, its leader is now racing against the clock to save the 80-year-old organisation. The United Nations is in dire straits. Not only has its biggest donor, the United States, gutted foreign aid, but it is challenging its share of the required minimum contributions, putting the UN’s financial foundation at risk.
WHO chief assures agency ‘open to reform’ to resolve chronic funding woes

2 weeks ago | genevasolutions.news | Paula Dupraz-Dobias

As the World Health Organization (WHO) faces its biggest financial challenge yet, its chief says the UN agency had long understood the importance of reforming its funding scheme years ago, before the Covid pandemic got in the way.
‘We want to have our say’: hundreds of UN staff protest job cuts in Geneva

2 weeks ago | genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand

Hundreds of UN workers joined a demonstration on International Workers’ Day to voice their frustration at dizzying restructuring processes aimed at helping the UN cope with a deepening funding crisis. Under the beating spring sun at Geneva’s Place des Nations, around 500 UN staffers assembled on Thursday to protest sweeping budget cuts that have shaken the global body in recent months.
Swiss NGOs estimate CHF 100m shortfall from foreign donors

2 weeks ago | genevasolutions.news | Kasmira Jefford

Humanitarian and development actors are still struggling to understand the extent of the cuts by the United States and other international donors, and estimate the number of lives affected. A survey by a Swiss NGO platform sheds some light on these figures. What has been the combined cost of aid cuts by the United States, Switzerland, European nations and other countries on Swiss NGOs?
Will Trump continue to fund the UN?

2 weeks ago | genevasolutions.news | Kasmira Jefford

Donald Trump’s foreign aid cuts have decimated the United Nations’ coffers. Voluntary contributions for specific programmes – from the International Organization for Migration, to UNAids, to the World Health Organization – have been drastically scaled back or wiped out altogether.