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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs explores how to advance a more sustainable and inclusive global food system even with increasing water scarcity.

Despite public divisions over US aid to Ukraine, support for taking in those fleeing the Russian invasion remains unchanged since March.

This report outlines two recommendations for how cities can address climate change overall and ultimately succeed in a lower-carbon world.

This report summarizes the Transforming Industrial Regions of North America and Europe symposium, including strategies to rebuild economies and stem anti-democratic populism.

A slim majority think Moscow should open up negotiations, but it is unclear what they might be willing to concede.

As the country splinters along geographic and ideological lines, post-election divisions could portend the rise of a new American city-state movement.

A plot to overthrow the German government highlights the risks—and reach—of unchecked conspiracy in an age of mistrust, writes Chris Morris.

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia each lose about 11 percent of GDP annually. In our global economy, a stunted child anywhere becomes a stunted child everywhere.

We know Venice is sinking. What about Chicago, which accounts for about 234 square miles of land?

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

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report highlights the fact that America’s commitment to global food security is more important than ever.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Ian Klaus explains how conferences can call attention to that which scientists and policymakers don’t know.

COP15 set new targets for protecting ecosystems, but funding, implementation, and a lack of global attention to biodiversity give pause for Chris Morris.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs considers whether agricultural research initiatives cause solutions to be imposed from the top down.

Businesses in the center of the value chain are crucial to the food system, and these intermediary links are under threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura, Brendan Helm, Jack Benjamin, Eliza Posner explains Public Opinon on Coronavirus for the week of May 6.

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s negative effects on the food and agriculture industry.

Cities must step up when nation-states ignore the devastating impacts and economic costs of climate change, sea level rise, and environmental degradation.

This Earth Day, one plant breeder reflects on the food security promise of innovative biotechnology and how it has been misunderstood.

A Democratic victory provides an opportunity for transatlantic collaboration, but structures for cooperation among stakeholders in the US need to be revived.