Here’s what else is happening

• 📢UN hopeful Grynspan vows to rebuild trust after Trump criticism. As she begins her race for the top job at the UN, Unctad's chief said that the UN needed to embrace reform, adding that the US president’s criticism could be “constructive” rather than “destructive”.
  Reuters (EN)
• ⛔Poor states hosting refugees could start shutting borders, warns NGO. The head of the Danish Refugee Council said in Geneva that developing countries hosting 75 per cent of refugees worldwide may set new entry restrictions on people fleeing humanitarian crises as they struggle to cope with reduced foreign aid.
  Reuters (EN)
• 🐌Global growth faces durability risks into 2026, UN agency says. The UN trade and development agency predicts economies, particularly in developing countries, will face major vulnerabilities next year, including geopolitical uncertainties, currency swings and hefty tariffs on exports to the US.
  Bloomberg (paywall) (EN)
• 🇲🇲UN cuts put Myanmar war crimes probe at risk. Three months after the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar reported to the UN Human Rights Council that war crimes and crimes against humanity were increasing, proposed budget cuts could force the body to let go of one third of its staff.
  The New Humanitarian (EN)
• ⚖️Aarhus Convention, a climate diplomacy tool. In November, French politicians and citizens gathered at the Palais des Nations to protest their exclusion from decision-making on the 2030 French Alps Winter Olympics. The case has been taken up by the environmental treaty's compliance committee.
  RTS (FR)