Commentary

Ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in September and the pre-summit on July 26th, check out a breakdown of everything you need to know.

The Council's Robert Muggah offers TEDxSaoPaulo five priorities to disrupt the crime and corruption that threatens not just Latin America, but the world.

Increasing climate crisis events necessitate bolder government response. The Growing Climate Solutions Act is one Congressional answer that advocates say benefits both farmers and the planet.

Lima 2035 shares their ambitious plan to change urban food systems to transform the world’s driest megacity.

Although the Biden administration has taken steps to address climate change, US policymakers and elites are split on the issue's threat level.

Council surveys find an American public split on the threat of climate change but open to cooperative efforts to limit its effects.

In the face of climate change, Robert Muggah writes that "coastal cities need to experiment with different strategies to boost resilience."

Gloria Dabek and Alyssa Kreps examine how integrating a climate lens into foreign policy and national security will have ripple effects on both domestic and global food security.

Alaina Harkness discusses the water infrastructure of the midwest.

Water flows between farms and cities and changes form as each person uses and reuses it.