Excellencies, colleagues, friends.

It is an honour to join you here in Spain for this historic launch under the Sevilla Platform for Action. 

Today, we introduce two bold initiatives. They may differ in name, but they are united in purpose:

• First, country-driven approaches to financing sustainable development and climate action.
• Second, the Global Financing Playbook. 

Together, they represent a simple but powerful proposition: 
If we want to make finance work for development, we must put countries in the lead. 
Not just in words—but in policy. In investment. In partnership. In action. 

Because let’s be honest—the plans are already there. 
National Development Plans. NDCs. NBSAPs. 
The question is not what to finance. The question is how. 

How do we unlock the scale of investment needed? 
How do we align fragmented flows—public and private, domestic and international—with national priorities? 
How do we move from promises made to progress delivered? 

That’s where the architecture matters. 
Integrated national financing frameworks—or INFFs—provide the foundation. 
They help governments link plans to budgets, tax policies, private sector incentives—building long-term strategies for financing the SDGs. 

And country platforms bring those strategies to life. 
They turn vision into viable projects, attract partners, and de-risk investment in key sectors—from energy to agriculture to social protection. 

One starts with policy. The other starts with pipelines. Together, they meet in the middle. 
Both are rooted in national institutions—guided by Ministries of Finance—and both are expressions of country leadership. 

This isn’t just theory. It’s happening now. 

• 86 countries are using the INFF approach.
• 25 have operationalised their national financing strategies.
• More than 200 reforms are underway—spanning taxation, green bonds, gender budgeting, and beyond. 

Our latest analysis shows that even in a sample of 17 countries, $16 billion in new finance has already been mobilised, with $32 billion in existing finance better aligned to the SDGs. 

And more than 10 countries—from Egypt to Indonesia—are building country platforms that connect financing with national priorities in real time. 

We’ve heard the call from member states in the Compromiso de Sevilla: 
We must reshape the global financing framework—and that starts by backing country ownership. 

That’s why we’re proud to launch the Global Financing Playbook, a joint effort by UNDP, IDFC, AIIB, and partners. 

It lays out four practical pillars to guide collective action: 

• Policy de-risking,
• Pipeline development,
• Financial de-risking,
• And embedding impact. 

It’s not just a toolkit. It’s a roadmap for working better together—across institutions, mandates, and borders. 

And just yesterday, we launched the next phase of the INFF Facility—with scaled-up support, brokering partnerships, and enhancing technical assistance from across the UN system and beyond. 

So where do we go from here? 

• By COP30 in Belém, we aim to support 5 to 10 new nationally led initiatives that bridge financing strategies with investment platforms.
• By 2027, we want to see 10 countries mobilising real finance for real pipelines linked to their national priorities.
• And by 2030: 100 countries implementing integrated financing strategies—with global support behind them. 

So today, let this be a call to action: 

To our partners in government, development, finance, and philanthropy— 

Stand behind country leadership. 
Align with the INFFs. 
Invest in national priorities. 
Join forces on platforms that deliver for people and planet. 

Because this isn’t just about systems. 
It’s about outcomes. 

It’s about real financing, for real development, at a moment when the world can’t afford delay. 

Let’s move forward—together. 
Let’s get to work. 

Thank you.