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Brazil Is Gaslighting Its Way to a Climate Misinformation Catastrophe

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Washington Post
Robert Muggah

"The rampant spread of climate misinformation and disinformation has potentially dire implications for the Amazon Basin," cowrites Robert Muggah in the Washington Post.

Billows of smoke rise over a deforested plot of the Amazon jungle next to the Transamazonica national highway, in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

"No End in Sight" to Civilian Suffering in Ukraine

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

“There is a degree of barbarity that is really unconscionable,” says Ivo Daalder. “We do need to make sure at some point that people responsible will be held to account.”

Screen shot of Ivo Daalder on MSNBC with Amna Nawaz US Foreign Policy

To Our Peril, the World Isn't Taking Climate Change Seriously

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

“The global dependence on fossil fuels that drives this climate crisis also empowers some of the world’s worst actors,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Residents fill their containers with drinking water from a blue municipal tanker with many hoses in New Delhi, India
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Leading with Diplomacy

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PBS Newshour
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford takes a closer look at repairing the NATO alliance and rebuilding global cooperation on PBS Newshour.

Screenshot of Lizzy Shackelford next to a blue screen. US Foreign Policy

Bolsonaro Is Already Undermining Brazil’s Upcoming Election

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

"The populist president and his devotees are casting a dark cloud over the October vote," writes Robert Muggah.

Jair Bolsonaro waves in sunlight.
Reuters
Global Politics

What South Koreans Care about Most as Yoon Suk-Yeol Enters Office

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NK News
Karl Friedhoff

“Major domestic policy shifts may not be forthcoming, likely driving Yoon to spend more time on issues he can control like trade and foreign policy,” writes Karl Friedhoff.

 South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a news conference in front of a peach background with writing.
Reuters
Global Politics

Biden Seeks Congressional Approval of $33B Package

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WTTW Chicago Tonight
Elizabeth Shackelford

“What we’re seeing in terms of military assistance is unprecedented, and it’s likely to be essential for a drawn-out war,” says Elizabeth Shackelford on Chicago Tonight.

Screenshot of Elizabeth Shackelford with Paris Schutz and Tom Ginsburg on WTTW Chicago Tonight. Defense and Security

How Russia's War Is Starving the World

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GZERO Media
Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin tells Ian Bremmer how the West should "move beyond platitudes" and offer developing nations financial support to meet conflict-driven food crises.

Screenshot of Ian Bremmer and Ertharin Cousin. Food and Agriculture

Russia's Resource Grab in Ukraine

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

"Ukraine’s extraordinary riches in energy, minerals, and agriculture are a prize for the Kremlin," writes Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah in Foreign Policy.

A worker throws coal into the smelting furnace at a steel mill in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk
Reuters
Global Cities

Trees, Wetlands Play Key Role in Mitigating Climate Change

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WBEZ Reset
Karen Weigert

Ahead of Arbor Day, Nonresident Senior Fellow Karen Weigert discusses efforts in Chicago to create more wetlands and plant trees with WBEZ’s Reset.

View of Chicago's Field Museum from trees and wetland area.
Walter Martin
Climate and the Environment