More than 90 organisations have signed an open letter to World Bank President Ajay Banga and the Executive Directors calling for the Bank to clarify the future of its Climate Change Action Plan, which is due to expire on 30 June, without any clear successor.

Aid to the Global South plummeted in 2025, putting millions of lives at risk. Explore the most significant trends within this preliminary data in the following infographics.

Against a backdrop of war, aid cuts, mounting debt & austerity, the response from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) & the World Bank at this week's Spring Meetings risks deepening the global humanitarian crisis, unless there's urgent action on debt relief, adequate financing and governance reform.

DAC-CSO Reference Group statement on the preliminary Official Development Assistance figures for 2025.

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• New OECD data shows aid to the Global South fell by an unprecedented 23.1% in real terms in 2025, putting millions of lives at risk
• EU countries slash their aid budgets by 10% while institutions report cuts of 13.8% - sending the wrong signal to the Global South
• Ukraine alone received US$ 44.9 billion in ODA, nearly 26% of total ODA
• Amid debt and war spillover hitting the Global South, an urgent course correction is needed