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Ahead of U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Report Urges U.S. Action to Curb Risks of Climate Change on Global Food Security

August 1, 2014 – This week, the Obama Administration unveiled the Climate Data Initiative’s “Food Resilience ” theme, aimed at empowering America’s agricultural sector and strengthening the resilience of the global food system in a changing climate. The effect of climate change on food security also will be the topic of one of the signature events at the upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit  in Washington August 4-6.

Chicago Council on Global Affairs Ranked as Think Tank to Watch

January 24, 2014 – The Chicago Council on Global Affairs was ranked as the #11 “Think Tank to Watch” in the world by The University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go-To Think Tank Index released this week. The Council’s public opinion survey report, Foreign Policy in the New Millennium , was ranked as #5 on the “Best Policy Study/Report by a Think Tank” (2012-13).This is the first time The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has appeared in this annual survey of 6,826 think tanks around the world. The Council

$3 Million Grant Supports Chicago Council Initiative on US Global Food Security Policy

Largest Single Grant in the Institution’s 91-year HistorySeptember 4, 2013 – The Chicago Council on Global Affairs today announced it has received a $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation."This grant from the Gates Foundation is the single largest in the Council's history," said Ambassador Ivo H. Daalder , president of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. "We are grateful, as this funding enables The Chicago Council to continue its important work as a thought leader on US global agricultural

New Chicago Council Report Finds Agriculture Innovations and Investments Critical to Meeting Future Food Demand

April 24, 2013 CHICAGO - The Chicago Council on Global Affairs today released a report that examines the implications of the increasingly influential roles of global business, Brazil, China, and India in agricultural research and the limited national research capacity of developing countries. It makes the case that greater international collaboration and investment in research is needed to safeguard productivity gains made over the past half century and meet future food demand. The independent study, Agricultural Innovation: The United States in a Changing Global Reality 

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