YEREVAN, ArmeniaNew Biodiversity Pledges Emerge at COP17, But Funding Gap Persists
The second week of COP17 was dominated by discussions on biodiversity finance, with new pledges announced and donor outreach intensifying. Yet as the summit approached its close, the financing gap for implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) remains largely unchanged.
USA: ‘Rights Can Be Hollowed out One Procedure at a Time until They Survive in Name Only’
CIVICUS discusses voter suppression ahead of the USA’s 2026 midterm elections with Aklima Khondoker, an Atlanta-based civil and voting rights attorney, civil society organisation executive and founder and principal of Atabey Strategies, a consultancy firm that advises civil society organisations on democracy and electoral participation.
How Conflict Brings Biodiversity to the Brink
Less than 100 metres from military positions facing each other across the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, the forest suddenly disappears.
