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Climate and the Environment

World Review: Poland-Belarus Border, Xi's Power, and Ukraine Trouble Brews

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Journalists Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Susan Glasser, and Peter Spiegel join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

People stand in front of a barbed wire fence while a helicopter flies in the background
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US Foreign Policy

Shocks, Shortages, and Solutions in the Green Energy Era

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Can the world actually move away from fossil fuels?

Wind energy in the US
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Tech and Science

World Review: COP26, G-20 Takeaways, and France Mends Fences

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Journalists Nirmal Ghosh and Elise Labott join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

Two people talk on stage with spotlights on them
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Climate and the Environment

Climate Change—The Biggest US Security Threat?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

While framing climate change as a national security threat isn’t new, recent reports argue when it comes to security planning, climate is the central concern, not a peripheral issue.

Icebergs melt near Greenland
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Climate and the Environment

Joe Manchin: The Voice of Moderate Democrats? Or a Party Outlier?

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

As President Biden heads to the UN climate summit, one Senator has gutted his plans for clean energy reform.

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Climate and the Environment

The Food Waste and Climate Connection

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Global Food for Thought by Eden Merkle

If food waste were a country, it would be the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and the US.

A worker dumps pre-consumer food waste
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Climate and the Environment

Some Aussies Overlook Link Between Climate Change and Drought

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Running Numbers by Katherine Stiplosek

Australians are more concerned about severe weather events than the climate crisis causing them. But is tackling the former alone just putting out fires?

dry cracked earth in Australian drought
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Climate and the Environment

How the Data Revolution Will Help Fight Climate Change

In the News
Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

“We can use Big Data to understand and communicate the planetary crisis while simultaneously measuring progress,” Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah writes in Foreign Policy.

Time tunnel in China Big Data conference shows green pastures at the other end.
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Climate and the Environment

Generational Gaps Close on Sense of Threat from Climate Change

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Running Numbers by Katherine Stiplosek

Concern for the state of the planet spans generations, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

Crowd kneels at a climate protest.
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Climate and the Environment

World Review: Taiwan Tensions, Iraq Elections, and Energy Geopolitics

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Bobby Ghosh, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Xi Jinping clapping his hands while speaking
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US Foreign Policy