Geneva Solutions • 22nd August 2025

Donor crisis prompts a rethink on rules of collaboration for humanitarian data partnerships

Under pressure from aid cuts, humanitarian groups may be exposing themselves and people they serve to privacy risks as they seek support from the private sector to improve efficiency. As artificial intelligence gains ground, experts say the rules of the game are due for a rethink.

Geneva Solutions • 7th August 2025

Tedros says 400 WHO jobs phased out – half in Geneva

Amid a sweeping internal restructuring, the head of the global health organisation confirmed that 400 positions have been slashed through early retirement and non-renewal of contracts, half of which in headquarters in Geneva.

Geneva Solutions • 24th July 2025

Lost your job in international Geneva? Here’s what you need to know

As more staff at Geneva’s international organisations, missions and NGOs receive termination notices, the shock of losing their job has quickly given way to endless questions about how to plan ahead. Every situation will vary, but here are a few things to keep in mind, according to experts.

Geneva Solutions • 24th July 2025

‘It shattered my view of the organisation’s values’: How Geneva staff are coping with aid cuts

Disappointed by their agencies’ mishandling of the funding crisis, fearful of reprisals for speaking out or bracing for their next career move, staff facing sudden termination or relocation share how they are navigating international Geneva’s new reality.

Geneva Solutions • 29th June 2025

UN rights expert calls out world’s ‘carbon tunnel vision’

Midway between climate talks in Baku and Belém, the UN’s special rapporteur on climate accuses the fossil fuel industry of violating human rights while benefiting from the climate crisis. But as the UN grapples with existential problems of its own, she warns that the call for climate justice has just become more inaudible.

Geneva Solutions • 20th June 2025

Swiss relief packages announced for international Geneva

Public authorities in Geneva and Bern have made decisions that may provide international Geneva with over CHF 300 million in relief as the multilateral hub bleeds out financially.

Geneva Solutions • 20th June 2025

Experts say investing in disaster preparation pays off. But who’s listening?

As climate change turbocharges extreme weather events, disaster experts argue that anticipatory action provides a lot of bang for the buck, versus recovery costs. But, as donor countries reduce aid, it is unclear where critical funding for disaster risk reduction will come from.

Geneva Solutions • 11th June 2025

Data blackout: How aid cuts are leaving humanitarian response in the dark

Before humanitarian aid reaches emergency hotspots, a vast network of organisations works behind the scenes, sourcing and analysing data to inform relief operations on the ground. But recent US aid cuts have hit this key sub-sector hard, forcing the organisations to make difficult choices.

Chemical & Engineering News • 29th May 2025

World Health Assembly ends amid aid cuts and political divisions

US skips meeting for first time since 1948 as China is set to become World Health Organization’s biggest funder.

Geneva Solutions • 21st May 2025

Nations agree to raise their WHO fees in wake of US retreat

Countries at the World Health Assembly approved the UN health agency’s proposed budget and agreed to pitch in more, providing the embattled organisation with some financial breathing space, while gaps in its funding remain.

Chemical & Engineering News • 19th May 2025

Global pandemic treaty nears adoption, but key obstacle remains

Countries can’t agree on how to share and compensate for pathogen data Global pandemic treaty nears adoption, but key obstacle remains.

Geneva Solutions • 19th May 2025

Nations brace for tough choices at global health meet in Geneva amid funding gap

The World Health Assembly opens its annual session on Monday amid the WHO’s ongoing funding crisis and the anticipated adoption of the pandemic treaty – or at least the bulk of it that has been agreed.

Geneva Solutions • 11th May 2025

China-US talks kick off in Geneva – expert warns failure could trigger economic split

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.

Geneva Solutions • 11th May 2025

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

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.

SWI swissinfo.ch • 2nd May 2025

Can Swiss ski resorts outrun climate change?

Swiss ski resorts have succeeded in boosting visitor numbers through offers such as multi-resort passes. But more needs to be done so the industry can future-proof itself against the threat of melting glaciers and snowless winters.

Geneva Solutions • 2nd May 2025

WHO chief assures agency ‘open to reform’ to resolve chronic funding woes

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.

Geneva Solutions • 24th April 2025

WHO’s elusive plans to scale back fray nerves

Just weeks before the annual World Health Assembly, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed its latest proposals to slim the nearly 10,000 staff-strong organisation, as donor cuts weigh heavily on the UN agency.

Geneva Solutions • 14th April 2025

Autocrats in Azerbaijan and elsewhere emboldened by Trump’s disdain for multilateralism

As the US government veers away from its engagements with multilateral organisations and redefines rights and social protection at home, Azerbaijan is one of several authoritarian governments taking note, to set new limits on impunity.

SWI swissinfo.ch • 10th April 2025

What’s behind Switzerland’s caution over unfreezing Russian assets to aid Ukraine?

Calls are mounting on both sides of the Atlantic for frozen Russian assets to be released to fund Ukraine’s war and reconstruction costs. Switzerland is under pressure to do more. But it’s not that simple.

Climate Home News • 10th April 2025

African teens' mental health suffers on the climate frontlines

Teaching climate-resilient farming to young people in rural Global South communities and encouraging them to stay in school could help ward off mental health problems triggered by worsening climate change impacts, according to new research in Africa.