The world’s leading scientists and decision-makers in agriculture, climate, and health are meeting in Nairobi this week to promote innovation in farming.

Farmers in Central America's Dry Corridor use rainwater harvesting to fight drought and grow food despite worsening climate challenges ...

In an increasingly digital world, democratic practices are evolving to encompass new forms of participation. Digital democracy – the use of technology to enhance civic action, movement building and ...

Watching on our screens the devastation wrought by the earthquake which struck South-East Asia last week has brought a stark reminder of our shared vulnerability in this interconnected world. It has ...

CGIAR and the Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization are bringing together the world’s leading for the first CGIAR Science Week.

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a retired professor of international relations, most recently at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University (NYU). He taught courses on international negotiation and ...

Of the 234 million children of school age affected by crises, 85 million are already out of school. At least 17 million are ...

On Tanzania’s Lake Victoria’s Ukerewe Island, widowhood is not merely about loss—it is a passage that demands rituals to ...

While the United States leads in military power and GNP, the US global ranking falls behind many advanced nations in life ...

CIVICUS speaks with Daniel Simons, Senior Legal Counsel Strategic Defence for Greenpeace International, about the lawsuit ...

Former UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres said decarbonisation of the global economy is by now irreversible with or without ...

In Malawi, being a forest guard isn’t a glamorous, sought-after job but recently it has become an increasingly perilous ...