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January 21, 2025

Climate Change
Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.

Muddy waters nearly submerge lines of cars during a flood in Colorado, United States.

January 21, 2025

RealEcon
The Rise of Economic Security

Economics and security are increasingly colliding as governments grapple with a range of risks. 

Cranes are seen during sunset at a port in Tokyo, Japan, December 9, 2015. Picture taken December 9, 2015

January 9, 2025

Climate Change
The L.A. Fires Show the Need for Climate Realism

The wildfires scorching the region around Los Angeles are likely to be the most expensive in history. But, future climate change-related disasters will certainly top them in cost. Here are some steps…

Palisades Fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles.

January 8, 2025

United States
Young Professionals Briefing: Securing the Future—Navigating Careers in Defense and National Security

Panelists discuss careers in defense and security within the U.S. government and the many forms they can take. The CFR Young Professionals Briefing Series provides an opportunity for those early i…

Play U.S. military personnel stand at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

November 18, 2024

Climate Change
Climate Diplomacy: Watch What Countries Do, Not What They Say

World governments should focus on rapidly driving down the costs of clean energy, particularly in the power, transportation, and industrial sectors, to move the needle on climate change.

People walk past a COP29 logo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan.

October 21, 2024

Climate Change
Securing the Future: Navigating the Nexus of Climate and Defense

Panelists discuss the intersection of climate change and national security, the emerging challenges for defense, and how the U.S. military is adapting to address these evolving threats.  

Play U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed during Exercise Trident Juncture 18, hike to a cold-weather training site inland in Iceland, October 19, 2018

November 13, 2024

Latin America
How the Caribbean Is Building Climate Resilience

The Caribbean is bearing the brunt of climate change. Governments in the region are taking steps to combat it, but are they enough?

A member of the Puerto Rican National Guard searches for people in the wake of Hurricane Fiona.

December 3, 2024

Energy and Climate Policy
The Dirty Energy Powering AI

What powers artificial intelligence (AI)? As global electricity use is surging, with unprecedented demand coming from an increase in data centers, AI’s dependence on fossil fuels presents a serious i…

Podcast Multi colored server room of data center with multiple racks of computing equipment.

September 24, 2024

United States
Accelerating Solutions at the Intersection of Climate Change and Food Security

Panelists discuss the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), a 5-year joint initiative launched in 2021 and co-led by the United States and the United Arab Emirates, and the im…

Play Tea harvesting staff collect tea leaves as a draught causes a diminished harvest on a plantation in Jiayi, Taiwan

September 23, 2024

United States
A Conversation With International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol

Dr. Fatih Birol has served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since 2015. He has overseen a comprehensive modernization program making the agency the global hub for clean …

Play atih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, attends a news conference in Brussels, Belgium.