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Progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is severely off-track in their tenth anniversary year. As governments struggle with the impact of economic decline, trade and geopolitical tensions, funding for peace and sustainable development has shrunk considerably. 

Meanwhile, global military expenditure hit a new high in 2024 at $2.7 billion.  As big spending hikes for defence are met with deep spending cuts on peace, development, good governance, and human rights, we will explore the risks of this imbalance in public spending, the impact on peace, security and development outcomes and the consequences for civic space. 

Join us on Wednesday 5 November, 14:00 GMT / 09:00 EST to hear directly from the authors of the recent report by the UN Secretary-General, The Security We Need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future, as well as experts on civil society engagement and military spending. 

Speakers

  • Emily Wegner

    Emily Wegener

    Senior Policy Officer

    Emily works on multilateral advocacy for TI-DS, advocating a better integration of anti-corruption into defence, security and peacebuilding policies, strategies and practices. She joined TI in October 2021 working initially for TI Global Health, until moving to TI-DS in January 2023. Emily holds an MSc in International Development from the University of Manchester.

  • Nan Tian

    Nan Tian

    Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

    Nan Tian is a Senior Researcher and Programme Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme. He joined SIPRI in October 2016 and has been responsible for monitoring and managing the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. His research work at SIPRI includes issues related to the trends if global military expenditure, the demand and consequences of military spending and the transparency and budgeting on military-related matters. Nan’s work also involves assessing and analysing trends in the global arms industry.

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    Claudia Garcia Guiza

    United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs