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Huge datasets are the cornerstone of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, including the large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots and other generative AI applications.

We often think of our food system in simple terms: farmers grow food, it travels to a market, and we buy it. It’s a straightforward path from farm to table. But the reality of how people access and eat food is far more complex, filled with hidden challenges and surprising social dynamics that shape the health of entire communities. The gap between our assumptions and the truth can prevent us from making effective changes.

A recent three-day workshop in Tawa (Makueni County, Kenya) convened researchers, extension agents, private-sector representatives, NGOs, and farmers to tackle a critical barrier in Kenyan agriculture: scaling innovation. This workshop focused on moving beyond successful pilots to develop strategies for achieving widespread, lasting impact for resilient and productive smallholder systems across Kenya.

Many African nations face significant, interconnected development challenges, including over-reliance on rain-fed agriculture, heavy dependence on hydropower for electricity generation, rapid population growth, and related economic pressures. These vulnerabilities are heightened by the impact of climate change and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, which reduce hydropower output and diminish agricultural productivity.

For decades, the global fight against child stunting has been framed around a central trinity: Nutrition, sanitation, and poverty

Climate risks are no longer abstract scenarios. They are reshaping security, governance, and cooperation in real time. At the Montreal Climate Security Summit, military, policy, and research actors confronted what is already breaking and what can still be fixed, together, if climate risk is treated as a call to joint action.

COP30 in Belém leaves behind a complex political atmosphere, shaped by global divisions and even the unexpected drama of a fire in the venue.

The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) will take place from 8–12 December 2025, at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi