“It is devastating to know that millions of people in need will not receive necessary assistance next year because of the growing lack of funding for the humanitarian response," Camilla Waszink, director of Partnership and Policy at NRC, said in a statement commenting on the Global Humanitarian Overview for 2025.

"With a record number of conflicts ongoing, donors are cutting aid budgets that displaced and conflict-affected people rely on to survive,” she added.

“At a time when the richest people on earth can go to space as a tourist and trillions of US dollars are used annually on global military expenditure, it is incomprehensible that we as an international community are unable to find the necessary funding to provide displaced families with shelter and prevent children from dying of hunger,” Waszink expressed.

Furthermore, the humanitarian official called for an urgent overhaul of global solidarity, stressing that existing donor countries must ensure assistance keeps pace with needs and inflation.

She stressed that emerging economies should compete to become among the most generous donors in the same way they compete to host expensive international sports events.

“Donors must also ensure necessary support for the most neglected and underfunded crises, so that money is not taken from the assistance to people in places like Sudan or Mali, to meet needs in Ukraine or Gaza,” Waszink continued.

She warned that conflicts and a blatant disregard for civilians' protection drive massive humanitarian needs. Thus, it is essential that donors provide funding but also invest in ending conflicts to halt violations and prevent new needs from developing.