The Council has received a $4 million grant to its Second Century Campaign from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. These funds will support the Council’s mission to promote public engagement in global affairs and an active US role in the world, and specifically to advance understanding of the increasing importance of global cities. In honor of this significant contribution, the main room of the Council’s Conference Center will be named the Robert R. McCormick Foundation Hall.
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Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut have inflicted widespread damage to property, food production, and human life. As extreme weather increasingly uproots communities and economies, leading experts Simon Dalby and Joshua Busby join the latest Deep Dish podcast to predict how today’s climate change will affect tomorrow’s foreign policy.
Listen to podcastThe Council has announced a major gift to its Second Century Campaign from the Crown Family has made possible the establishment of the Lester Crown Center on US Foreign Policy. The Center will host an annual "Lester Crown Distinguished Lecture on US Foreign Policy," convene a Lester Crown National Security Roundtable, and produce the Council’s signature annual public opinion survey and supplemental research on timely foreign policy issues.
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The future of thriving, sustainable cities is anchored in building codes and standards, according to a new Council report, made possible with support from the USG Corporation and Robert R. McCormick Foundation. Fifty percent of urban carbon emissions come from heating, cooling, and operating buildings. Codes and standards can lead the way to net zero buildings and thriving low-carbon cities.
The Trump presidency has raised questions from all sides about established American foreign policy. Ivo Daalder tells The New York Times that one public opinion shift is "...American attitudes on trade and mutual alliances are the most positive in 40 years."
Brookings' Robert Kagan explores what the world will look like if the United States withdraws from its leadership role.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Doors open: 5:15 pm
Event: 5:30 pm
Chicago Council on Global Affairs Conference Center
130 East Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60601
Registration closes October 9.
Our web series, Wait Just a Minute, asks experts to answer complex questions about global affairs in 60 seconds. In this episode, urban economist and Harvard professor Edward Glaeser shares ideas about the biggest opportunities and challenges facing cities and what cities can do to ensure economic growth and inspire innovation.
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