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Building Urban Futures: City Carbon Actions Anchored in Building Codes and Standards

RESEARCH
Report by Karen Weigert

An estimated 100 billion square meters of new construction is expected in countries without mandatory building energy codes. A consistent set of principles can frame the work needed to shape thriving, low-carbon cities.

People walking in blurred motion through the Financial District of Paris, France. Global Cities

Youth for Growth: Transforming Economies through Agriculture

RESEARCH
Report by Felix Kwame Yeboah

The US and global community must promote youth-inclusive agricultural transformation, or they risk seeing strategic partners weakened by rapid population growth and threatened by the instability this generates.

A young woman from the Erbore tribe in Ethiopia carries grasses.
Hadynyah
Food and Agriculture

East Asia’s Rising Geoeconomics and the Strategy for Japan

RESEARCH
Report by Saori N. Katada

Amidst economic uncertainty, Japan must create a robust regional order that supports continued prosperity regardless of the US administration or China’s geopolitical ambitions.

Akihabara Electric Town, Tokyo, Japan. Global Economy

Ready to Work: Understanding Immigrant Skills in the United States to Build a Competitive Labor Force

RESEARCH
Report by Rob Paral

As the United States strives to build a workforce that will maintain its economic competitiveness, we must invest in education and training for foreign-born workers.

DACA recipient and engineering student works on a circuit board.
REUTERS
Migration

How China Sees North Korea: Three Critical Moments in History and Future Directions

RESEARCH
Report by Patricia Kim

Securing Beijing’s cooperation on denuclearizing North Korea requires a clear understanding of Chinese strategic thinking on the Korean Peninsula.

Chinese flag, Beijing, China. Global Politics

Reaping the Digital Return: Enhancing Communities through Modern Extension

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

Ensuring smallholder farmers receive agricultural information is of critical importance for realizing global food security, and the USDA has a prominent role to play in close partnership with USAID.

Two farmers look at a mobile phone Food and Agriculture

Americans Support Continued US Participation in Iran Deal

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

Chicago Council Surveys conducted over the last several years (2014-2017) show remarkable stability of American opinion towards the Iran nuclear deal, both before and after the agreement was officially signed.

U.S. President Trump addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York
Reuters
Public Opinion

Looking Back to Look Forward: Lessons from the Immigration Histories

RESEARCH
Report by Rob Paral

Cities of the American Midwest were largely built by immigration, and immigrants were a key component of the population growth these cities experienced in the early decades of the last century.

Chicago skyline.
Allen McGregor
Migration

Urban Waterways in Global Cities

RESEARCH
Report

This report is the product of an international effort between Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris to advance the discussion over how to transform neglected urban waterways.

A view of the Chicago Riverwalk, along the Chicago River, with skyscrapers in the background.
Richard Schneider
Climate and the Environment

Chicago's Global Strategy

RESEARCH
Report

The vision for Chicago’s global strategy begins with an inventory of the city’s assets, needs, and opportunities.

Cloud Gate, also known as "The Bean," sculpture in Chicago with people surrounding it.
Conner Freeman
Global Cities