June 12, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Michael Tiboris, Download Report (PDF), This report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs examines ways that urban waterway development might be used by cities., Introduction, This report aims to solicit and examine concrete ways in which urban waterway deve...

March 30, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini , Peggy Tsai Yih , Roger Thurow , and Gloria Dabek, iStock, Download Report (PDF), The Center on Global Food and Agriculture provides a bold vision for a 21st Century of zero hunger in a healthier and more equitable world., During the 2022 Worl...

May 22, 2014, RESEARCH Report by Gerald C. Nelson, Download Report (PDF), This report urges the US government to take action to curb the risks climate change poses to global food security., Introduction, On May 22, 2014, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs released a report urging the US govern...

September 16, 2015, RESEARCH Report by Charles E. Hanrahan, Download Report (PDF), Investments in global food security alleviate poverty, spur economic growth, promote social stability, and enhance the resilience of communities in low-income regions of the world., Key Findings, Research suggests ...

February 15, 2023, RESEARCH Working Paper by Liza Cirolia and Rifquah Hendricks, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The energy transition in African cities marks a key site of geopolitical competition, as China's control of the solar market reshapes urban service delivery., The current African energ...

May 12, 2015, RESEARCH Report, Ben Cappellacci, Download Report (PDF), This report seeks to dive into global city rankings and illustrate how methodologies, definitions, data use, and conclusions vary wildly from ranking to ranking., If world cities are the commanding hubs of a globalizing world,...

September 28, 2022, RESEARCH Report, USDA, Download Report (PDF) Download Summary (PDF), The Council convened a task force to provide recommendations to advance the goals of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health., The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Heal...

September 17, 2018, RESEARCH Working Paper by David Scheffer, United Nations, Download Report (PDF), This paper describes the central issues in three upcoming atrocity crime decisions and the implications for the evolution of international criminal justice., Introduction , This paper describes t...

August 8, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Kris Hartley, iStock, Download the Report (PDF), This report outlines how cities and the private sector can collaborate on and magnify sustainability efforts that enable broad systemic change., Sustainability efforts require not only public policy interventions ...

August 16, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Kelly Wilson , Stephanie Mercier , and Rob Myers, Edwin Remsberg & USDA-SARE, Download Report (PDF), Regenerative agriculture can help our food and agricultural systems become more resilient., Farmers and ranchers are facing escalating challenges from climate c...