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In the United States, Democrats and Republicans remain at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of prioritizing climate change.

The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award finalist discusses how infrastructure like transit impacts the daily lives of city residents.

March 30, 2017, RESEARCH Report by Doug Bereuter and Dan Glickman, Download Report (PDF), The world today faces enormous challenges, including the threats of rapidly increasing instability, conflict, and migration as a result of inadequate food supplies and water scarcity., Key Findings, America ...

Young Americans are more concerned about the climate crisis than their parents and grandparents, polls show.

September 22, 2023 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Integrated pest management benefits the environment, farmers' productivity, and time-strapped women around the world.

The ice is melting, and the stakes are rising as the world’s global powers are racing to assert their claim. Is a new Cold War unfolding in the Arctic?