Ambitious new funding cycle of Global Environment Facility approved
5/6/2026: The Global Environment Facility has secured initial pledges of $3.9 billion for the four-year cycle running from 2026 to 2030. The funding will assist developing countries to meet their environmental commitments to sustainable agrifood systems.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Bonn climate negotiations must act on commitments to protect human rights
5/6/2026: Forthcoming talks in Bonn matter because they will shape the level of ambition in COP31 later this year. Amnesty International calls on governments to commit to a phase out of fossil fuels through a just transition, to scale up grants-based climate finance; and provide full reparations for climate change related loss and damage.
Source: Amnesty International
Scramble for biofuel could accelerate global food crisis
5/6/2026: Demand for biofuels is likely to leap by nearly a third this year as the price of oil has risen to nearly $100 a barrel. Biofuels compete with food crops for land, stoking food price inflation and shortage. Generating renewable energy is a far more efficient use of land than growing crops for fuel.
Source: The Guardian
New vision for equality in Global Justice Report
4/6/2026: A new Global Justice Report explores what a just distribution of socioeconomic and environmental resources could look like – both between and within countries – in a way that is compatible with planetary boundaries. It provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions.
Source: International Environment Forum
Acute food insecurity takes hold in Yemen
3/6/2026: Nearly half of the population in Government-controlled areas of Yemen are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, the figure likely to rise as the year progresses. Families are being pushed beyond their coping capacity by the combined effects of conflict and declining humanitarian support.
Source: World Food Programme
Peace fails if it is not defended and resourced
2/6/2026: Investing in peace is both a moral imperative and a strategic necessity. The cost of prevention and stabilisation is always far lower than the cost of conflict, displacement and instability.
Source: The Guardian
Can Africa pay for response to Ebola?
2/6/2026: African governments have pledged about 10% of the funding required to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, exposing the difficult gap between the continent’s growing rhetoric around health sovereignty and the financial realities of responding to public health emergencies.
Source: Devex
Governments falling short of climate finance commitments
2/6/2026: According to latest official figures for 2024, wealthy countries mobilised $137 billion in total climate finance to support climate action in low- and middle-income countries. This represents just a fraction of the international commitment to reach at least $300 billion per year by 2035.
Source: Oxfam International
WHO shortlists potential treatments and vaccines for Bundibugyo virus
28/5/2026: There are currently no licensed therapeutics or vaccines for the prevention and treatment of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus. The World Health Organization has convened experts who have prioritised candidate products for evaluation in clinical trials.
Source: World Health Organization
Lebanon joins Mine Ban Treaty
27/5/2026: Lebanon’s recent accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amid an ongoing armed conflict could motivate other countries, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, to support the global norm against antipersonnel mines. The Mine Ban Treaty, which entered into force in 1999, comprehensively requires countries to destroy their stockpiles, clear mined areas, and help victims.
Source: Human Rights Watch