August 30, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Florita Gunasekara , Maitreyi Koduganti Venkata , and Chandni Singh, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Local leadership plays a critical role in responding to climate threats and addressing the challenges associated with migration, the report's authors find., Cli...

September 23, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Kris Hartley, Download Report (PDF), Cities have a crucial role to play in translating the high-level, ambitious, and multidimensional vision of the SDGs into practice through local policies—that is, localization., Key Findings, The United Nations’ 2030 ...

December 2, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Christopher Kindell and Laura Valdés, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Two case studies from Bogotá and Chicago demonstrate how cities embraced participatory governance frameworks in their COVID-19 pandemic responses., Among the many urban crises precipitated...

May 10, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Samuel Kling , Florita Gunasekara , and Steven Bosacker, iStock, Download Report (PDF), Samuel Kling, Florita Gunasekara, and Steven Bosacker examine the role of cities in generating and strengthening democratic practices as authoritarianism rises across much of t...

October 13, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Noah J. Toly and Sam Tabory, Download Report (PDF), This report aims to better understand whether and how cities might harness their economic influence for influencing policy and governance debates at the national and international levels., Key Findings , Whe...

May 16, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Paul E. Schickler, III , Francesca DeBiase , Sally Rockey , Jennifer Goldston , Peggy Tsai Yih , and Natalie Burdsall, Kenny Eliason, Download Report (PDF), A "sustainable food seal" empowers consumers and farmers to support a more sustainable food supply chain., ...

April 19, 2019, RESEARCH Working Paper by Orley C. Ashenfelter, Download Report (PDF), A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the Global Economy., Introduction, Much of what I have tried to do in my own research in the last forty years is t...

September 25, 2018, RESEARCH Report by Karen Weigert, Download Report (PDF), 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.,...

July 10, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini, Download Report (PDF), This paper provides guidance for new leaders through various stages of the early days of UN leadership., Introduction, From preparations made upon appointment to the position to the first 100 days in office and finally th...

March 29, 2022, RESEARCH Working Paper by John Austin and Colleen Dougherty, Karen Green, Download Report (PDF), Local strategies can revive economies, nurture hope, and diminish the appeal of antidemocratic populism in struggling industrial regions., In both North America and Europe, historic in...