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Climate and the Environment

Federal Push Spawns Green Shoots of Innovation in the Midwest

In the News
Crain's Chicago Business
John Austin

Recent place-based federal investments bet big on the Midwest's ability to lead in the production of electric vehicles and clean energy technology.

Michigan battery factory
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Global Economy

How Drugs Are Destroying the Amazon

In the News
Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

Though the protection of the Amazon is a top global priority, drugs and deforestation are increasingly linked as threats to the world's largest rainforest.

Deforestation in the Amazon
AP Photos
Climate and the Environment

Population Paradox: Are Declining Birth Rates Good or Bad for the World?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Aging populations, economic prospects, and sustainability goals - we tackle it all in this episode on population decline.

People walk along a pedestrian crossing in Japan.
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Global Politics

Safety and Culture Key to Realizing Micromobility's Climate Benefits

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Global Insight by Matt Watson

A Council working paper shows the climate benefits of shared mobility, but urban leaders must implement policies that make it safer and more accessible.

Bike share program. Climate and the Environment

Global Heat Waves, Ukraine Grain Deal, China's Slowdown

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Two tourists cool off at the the Lions fountain in Rome on July 18, 2023.
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Global Politics

Ranching Doesn't Have to Destroy the Amazon Rainforest

In the News
Los Angeles Times
Robert Muggah

After decades of research, Brazil has led experiments to recuperate degraded rainforest and help ranchers produce more without toppling any more forest.

Amazon Rainforest logging
AP Photos
Climate and the Environment

Brazil's Indigenous Territory Bill Spells Trouble for the Amazon

In the News
Context
Robert Muggah

The controversial legislation would overrule ancestral land claims by native communities, which could increase development in the Amazon.

Brazilian Amazon
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Climate and the Environment

Innovating Forward: Committing to Food and Agriculture

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The Youth in Agriculture podcast examines new innovations required to improve the food system.

Abbie Doane-Simon, of Green City Growers, cultivates produce in a rooftop garden on the third-base side of Fenway Park in Boston.
AP Photos/Elise Amendola
Food and Agriculture

Partnering with Youth to Inspire Agricultural Innovation

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The future of agricultural innovation is dependent on young people. How can we motivate them to get engaged?

A Bangladeshi farmer woman separates the husk from the grain during harvest at Saturia village, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
AP Photos/Pavel Rahman
Food and Agriculture

The Nexus between Collaboration and Agricultural Development

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

Collaboration across generations, communities, and political parties is pivotal to agricultural development and youth engagement.

Two young people examine a plant in a lab. Food and Agriculture