Humanitarian Funding Crisis

The United Nations dramatically reduced its 2025 humanitarian funding appeal on Monday, requesting $23 billion, half of what it initially sought for this year, after a steep decline in global donor contributions forced the world body to scale back assistance despite record levels of need.

The cut signals one of the sharpest contractions in modern humanitarian financing, leaving tens of millions of vulnerable people without support at a time when conflicts, climate disasters, and economic crises are pushing global emergencies to new highs.

U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher said the shortfall had pushed humanitarian agencies into an impossible position, requiring …