Courtney Lindsay
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Courtney Lindsay
@bluesparkcol.bsky.social
Senior Research Officer, ODI Global. Co-Director, Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative.
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Finland proposes to remove veto power by countries in UN voting. And proposes that if a country violates UN charter and resolutions, their voting rights are suspended.

GREAT IDEAS!!!!

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In an apparent reference to the US, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb says in his address at the UN General Assembly that “no single state should have a veto power,” as he calls for UN reforms. #UN ...
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September 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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NEW: The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid weeks after committing to step up climate finance to developing countries
UK aid budget cuts threaten climate finance pledges
The UK is the latest wealthy nation to announce cuts to its overseas aid weeks after committing to step up climate pledges
www.climatechangenews.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
odi.org/en/publicati...

Working Paper from the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) looking at the implications for SIDS caught between US (and its Western Allies) and China in geopolitical competition.
Geopolitical competition, bilateral aid, and the collective interests of Small Island Developing States
This paper describes the geopolitical tensions and impacts on SIDS across the three regions, and asks if enhanced aid cooperation and coordination could attenuate rising tensions and avoid forms of da...
odi.org
December 18, 2024 at 5:27 PM