Commentary and Analysis

Increasing climate crisis events necessitate bolder government response. The Growing Climate Solutions Act is one Congressional answer that advocates say benefits both farmers and the planet.

Lima 2035 shares their ambitious plan to change urban food systems to transform the world’s driest megacity.

Although the Biden administration has taken steps to address climate change, US policymakers and elites are split on the issue's threat level.

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

In the face of climate change, Robert Muggah writes that "coastal cities need to experiment with different strategies to boost resilience."

Gloria Dabek and Alyssa Kreps examine how integrating a climate lens into foreign policy and national security will have ripple effects on both domestic and global food security.

Alaina Harkness discusses the water infrastructure of the midwest.

Robert Muggah discusses the conflicts of climate change in West Africa.

Water flows between farms and cities and changes form as each person uses and reuses it.

The 54-percentage-point gap between Democrat and Republican views on climate change is the largest in the 2020 Chicago Council Survey.