Ed Wickstead
@edwickstead.bsky.social
Working on climate finance and policy coherence for development @ the Center for Global Development. Views my own etc.
Delighted that the #CDI2025 has launched today. It contains a whole load of data about what countries are doing for development, including some (we think politically feasible) ideas about where advocates and policymakers could focus their efforts in the context of shrinking aid budgets.
As aid budgets decline, the ways rich countries are driving development are more important than ever.
🌟NEW: @cgdev.org’s Commitment to Development Index ranks the world’s richest nations, spotlighting impacts on the poorest & where nations can step up ⬇️🧵#CDI2025
go.cgdev.org/49ZJoD5
🌟NEW: @cgdev.org’s Commitment to Development Index ranks the world’s richest nations, spotlighting impacts on the poorest & where nations can step up ⬇️🧵#CDI2025
go.cgdev.org/49ZJoD5
Commitment to Development Index 2025
With levels of development finance falling, it is more important than ever to look beyond aid. The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) does just that—ranking the world’s most powerful countries on p...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Delighted that the #CDI2025 has launched today. It contains a whole load of data about what countries are doing for development, including some (we think politically feasible) ideas about where advocates and policymakers could focus their efforts in the context of shrinking aid budgets.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just cut the UK aid budget from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3% in 2027 to fund increases in defence spending.
He says he’s making tough choices, but cutting funding for the world’s poorest people is the easiest—and cruellest—choice he could make (1/4)
He says he’s making tough choices, but cutting funding for the world’s poorest people is the easiest—and cruellest—choice he could make (1/4)
February 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just cut the UK aid budget from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3% in 2027 to fund increases in defence spending.
He says he’s making tough choices, but cutting funding for the world’s poorest people is the easiest—and cruellest—choice he could make (1/4)
He says he’s making tough choices, but cutting funding for the world’s poorest people is the easiest—and cruellest—choice he could make (1/4)
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A blog on the PEPFAR pause. I hope Secretary Rubio protects the legacy he helped build.
www.cgdev.org/blog/legacy-...
www.cgdev.org/blog/legacy-...
A Legacy at Risk: The Urgent Case for Resuming PEPFAR Funding
This last week, a critical pillar of global health has been thrust into jeopardy due to executive action. Secretary Rubio has the power to resume funding to PEPFAR tomorrow by issuing a waiver to the ...
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January 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A blog on the PEPFAR pause. I hope Secretary Rubio protects the legacy he helped build.
www.cgdev.org/blog/legacy-...
www.cgdev.org/blog/legacy-...
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With Trump's inauguration just days away, many people are worried about what his second term will mean for global reproductive rights. In a new blog, my colleagues and I argue that the UK should step up to champion family planning and reproductive rights:
www.cgdev.org/blog/trumps-...
www.cgdev.org/blog/trumps-...
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/trumps-election-gives-uk-clear-global-health-mission-champion-family-planning-and-reproductive"
January 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
With Trump's inauguration just days away, many people are worried about what his second term will mean for global reproductive rights. In a new blog, my colleagues and I argue that the UK should step up to champion family planning and reproductive rights:
www.cgdev.org/blog/trumps-...
www.cgdev.org/blog/trumps-...
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Nations agreed on a target of $300bn/year in climate finance for developing nations by 2035.
Sounds like a big number, but it's not as ambitious as it seems...
1⃣ Pre-COP, rich nations were already on track to reach $200bn with "no additional effort".
➡️ buff.ly/49o9iyi
Sounds like a big number, but it's not as ambitious as it seems...
1⃣ Pre-COP, rich nations were already on track to reach $200bn with "no additional effort".
➡️ buff.ly/49o9iyi
December 5, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Nations agreed on a target of $300bn/year in climate finance for developing nations by 2035.
Sounds like a big number, but it's not as ambitious as it seems...
1⃣ Pre-COP, rich nations were already on track to reach $200bn with "no additional effort".
➡️ buff.ly/49o9iyi
Sounds like a big number, but it's not as ambitious as it seems...
1⃣ Pre-COP, rich nations were already on track to reach $200bn with "no additional effort".
➡️ buff.ly/49o9iyi
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Blog: The Tenth Recipient Test.
The median size for a bilateral aid country relationship (US aid to Vanuatu, UK aid to Cameroon for eg) is about $1.5 million.
Only 7% of bilateral relationships are >$100m.
'Country programs' make little sense below that level.
The median size for a bilateral aid country relationship (US aid to Vanuatu, UK aid to Cameroon for eg) is about $1.5 million.
Only 7% of bilateral relationships are >$100m.
'Country programs' make little sense below that level.
December 3, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Blog: The Tenth Recipient Test.
The median size for a bilateral aid country relationship (US aid to Vanuatu, UK aid to Cameroon for eg) is about $1.5 million.
Only 7% of bilateral relationships are >$100m.
'Country programs' make little sense below that level.
The median size for a bilateral aid country relationship (US aid to Vanuatu, UK aid to Cameroon for eg) is about $1.5 million.
Only 7% of bilateral relationships are >$100m.
'Country programs' make little sense below that level.
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For those negotiating in Baku on the #NCQG climate finance goal
@edwickstead.bsky.social and I have calculated two new scenarios in our @cgdev.bsky.social model of baselines relating to multilateral development banks and the latest negotiating text
1/5
@edwickstead.bsky.social and I have calculated two new scenarios in our @cgdev.bsky.social model of baselines relating to multilateral development banks and the latest negotiating text
1/5
November 22, 2024 at 6:02 PM
For those negotiating in Baku on the #NCQG climate finance goal
@edwickstead.bsky.social and I have calculated two new scenarios in our @cgdev.bsky.social model of baselines relating to multilateral development banks and the latest negotiating text
1/5
@edwickstead.bsky.social and I have calculated two new scenarios in our @cgdev.bsky.social model of baselines relating to multilateral development banks and the latest negotiating text
1/5
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Important note: On a "business-as-usual" trajectory, with...
⛔️NO new finance pledges
⛔️NO new finance system reforms
⛔️NO extra effort
Climate finance reaches ~$200bn by 2030, according to analysis by @joethwaites.bsky.social and others.
www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa...
⛔️NO new finance pledges
⛔️NO new finance system reforms
⛔️NO extra effort
Climate finance reaches ~$200bn by 2030, according to analysis by @joethwaites.bsky.social and others.
www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa...
November 22, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Important note: On a "business-as-usual" trajectory, with...
⛔️NO new finance pledges
⛔️NO new finance system reforms
⛔️NO extra effort
Climate finance reaches ~$200bn by 2030, according to analysis by @joethwaites.bsky.social and others.
www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa...
⛔️NO new finance pledges
⛔️NO new finance system reforms
⛔️NO extra effort
Climate finance reaches ~$200bn by 2030, according to analysis by @joethwaites.bsky.social and others.
www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa...
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The updated text on the new climate goal #NCQG is finally out, suggesting a goal of $250bn per year by 2035.
This figure is slightly above our 'no effort' baseline scenario of $222bn (this increased current efforts by inflation and economic growth).
Short 🧵
This figure is slightly above our 'no effort' baseline scenario of $222bn (this increased current efforts by inflation and economic growth).
Short 🧵
November 22, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The updated text on the new climate goal #NCQG is finally out, suggesting a goal of $250bn per year by 2035.
This figure is slightly above our 'no effort' baseline scenario of $222bn (this increased current efforts by inflation and economic growth).
Short 🧵
This figure is slightly above our 'no effort' baseline scenario of $222bn (this increased current efforts by inflation and economic growth).
Short 🧵
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November 20, 2024 at 4:09 PM