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Climate and the Environment

Jordan Drone Strike, US-China Relations, Farmer Protests in Europe

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Susan Glasser, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Middle East Jordan Drone
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Global Politics

2023 Was a Year of Famine and Hunger

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"With the focus on war this past year, it is all too easy to overlook that starvation and food insecurity are on the rise," Paul Poast writes.

Somalis who fled amid drought carry their belongings as they arrive at a makeshift camp
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Food and Agriculture

The 'Historic' COP28 Climate Change Agreement Isn't All That

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

The agreement has loopholes providing nations with “wiggle room” on their climate actions, Paul Poast writes, perhaps enough for them to fully wiggle out.

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber
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Climate and the Environment

Opinion: What the Great Migration can teach us about the coming mass migration to Chicago

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ChicagoGlobal by Coauthors

Americans fleeing climate-change driven droughts, fires and floods will exceed the Great Migration. Better policies will produce a stronger and healthier city.

A strong wave hits along the shore of Lake Michigan
Joseph Two
Global Cities

Latest on Israel-Hamas War, Ukraine Stalemate, COP28

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Nirmal Ghosh, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Israel Cabinet
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Global Politics

Composting and food waste: What Chicago can learn from other global cities

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ChicagoGlobal by Coauthors

Chicago recently launched a citywide composting initiative to divert food waste from landfills and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions — something other global cities have been tackling for years.

Four green scrap drop off bins sit in front of a brick wall
City of Chicago
Climate and the Environment

Are Global Food and Water Demands on a Collision Course?

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Global Food for Thought by Michael Tiboris

The world is facing three global water crises—it's imperative that we respond to them.

An Indian woman carries saplings on her head as she works in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India.
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Food and Agriculture

Energy Insecurity: Where Climate Change Meets Geopolitics

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Why moving to renewable energy will not increase energy security and reduce geopolitical power struggles and what to do.

Members of Greenpeace put up a neon sign powered by solar energy
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Climate and the Environment

Transforming the Global Food System to Benefit Investors and the Planet

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BMO
Ertharin Cousin

“The reality of it is we need to make sure that we’re doing some things differently than what we’ve always done," Ertharin Cousin argues.

Ertharin Cousins stands in the middle of two people, all smiling into the camera. Behind them is a large screen displaying the news.
BMO
Food and Agriculture

Addressing Climate Change in Agriculture

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Dan Glickman

The US government needs to help producers on the ground to address climate change, argues Dan Glickman.

A rice farmer looks out at the horizon on Fraternity Farm in Lajas Valley in Guanica, Puerto Rico.
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Food and Agriculture