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WHO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed<\/strong><\/p>\n WHAT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Launch of the Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2024 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Financing challenges are at the heart of the current sustainable development crisis. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing geopolitical tensions and intensifying climate shocks, financing gaps are widening. The 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing for Development at a Crossroads<\/em> is expected to urgently call for the world to close a trillions of dollars financing gap and reform a global financial system which is not fit for the challenges of the 21st century.<\/p>\n The 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development Report, <\/em>issued by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General\u2019s Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development<\/a>, is expected to offer concrete recommendations to scale up investments in the SDGs and recover lost ground. It will say that the Summit of the Future<\/a> in September 2024 and the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development Conference<\/a> in June 2025 are the final opportunities to change trajectory.<\/p>\n WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 April 2024, 12:30 pm (EDT) <\/strong><\/p>\n after the noon press briefing by the Spokesperson of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General<\/p>\n WHERE:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Press Briefing Room, S-237<\/p>\n Follow live on http:\/\/webtv.un.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Background:<\/p>\n For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n Rita Ann Wallace, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Department of Economic and Social Affairs | Mobile: +1 516 707 5570 | rita.wallace@un.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n