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Climate and the Environment

Why Support Africa's Small Farmers?

In the News
Project Syndicate
Roger Thurow

“As Africa’s farmers work to adapt to climate change, global leaders must do their part by keeping–and extending–the promises they made at COP26,” writes Roger Thurow in Project Syndicate.

Subsistence farmers work their field of maize after late rains near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

The Science and Limitations of Farm-Based Carbon Offsets

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Global Food for Thought by Nina Domingo

Agriculture has great potential for carbon offsets, but implementation will be complicated.

Tractors in a yellow field seen from the sky.
Johny Goerend
Food and Agriculture

Climate Threats Are Multiplying in the Horn of Africa

In the News
Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

Rapid climate change has dangerous implications for unrest and conflict within and across the borders of the Horn of Africa, Robert Muggah states in Foreign Policy.

Two young boys carrying water walk down a road next to an IDP camp near the town of Jowhar, Somalia
Tobin Jones
Climate and the Environment

Maps Reveal Progress and Peril of Climate Change

In the News
Singularity
Robert Muggah

Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah and Ian Goldin write how to map the changes civilization continues to make to the planet in Singularity.

Wide shot of earth's cities at night from space.
RecondOil
Climate and the Environment

World Review: When Biden Met Xi, Russia Threatens Europe, and COP26 at Home

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Journalists Ryan Heath, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

President Biden meets with President Xi Jinping over TV screen
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Poland-Belarus Border, Xi's Power, and Ukraine Trouble Brews

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Journalists Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Susan Glasser, and Peter Spiegel join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

People stand in front of a barbed wire fence while a helicopter flies in the background
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Shocks, Shortages, and Solutions in the Green Energy Era

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Can the world actually move away from fossil fuels?

Wind energy in the US
REUTERS
Tech and Science

World Review: COP26, G-20 Takeaways, and France Mends Fences

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Journalists Nirmal Ghosh and Elise Labott join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

Two people talk on stage with spotlights on them
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Climate Change—The Biggest US Security Threat?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

While framing climate change as a national security threat isn’t new, recent reports argue when it comes to security planning, climate is the central concern, not a peripheral issue.

Icebergs melt near Greenland
REUTERS
Climate and the Environment

Joe Manchin: The Voice of Moderate Democrats? Or a Party Outlier?

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

As President Biden heads to the UN climate summit, one Senator has gutted his plans for clean energy reform.

Reuters
Climate and the Environment