Kim Heys's blog sdgs_image_lg.jpg Between Pope Francis's address to the United States Congress and the United Nation's adoption of the new Sustainable Development Goals, it has been an auspicious couple weeks for powerful calls to action in ...
Kim Heys's blog bloomberg_boris_600x375.jpg Can and should global cities have their own foreign policy? This question was hotly debated at this year’s Chicago Forum on Global Cities and has been frequently raised in other settings. The idea exposes a ...
Kim Heys's blog isis_tank.jpg There is no shortage of bad news these days. New reports out of Libya show how the Islamic State has gained a critical foothold over the coastal city of Surt. Tensions between Russia and Turkey are at new highs after the ...
Kim Heys's blog lakemichigan.jpg A city’s ability to effectively manage its primary resources define its ability to thrive. This is especially true of water resources, which are a precondition for every public and private function. It is important, t ...
Kim Heys's blog eiffeltower_560x320.jpg The COP21 climate negotiations in Paris are remarkable for prompting 160 national pledges to reduce carbon emissions, representing nearly 90 percent of total emissions. The United States’ pledge aims at a 26-28 ...
ChangingLanes_121415.jpg Christina Thomas's blog Council President Ivo H. Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, hit the road with Tom Bevan, executive editor of RealClearPolitics, for the video series Changing Lanes. Belted safely into the passeng ...
Kim Heys's blog As the year comes to a close, we’ve ranked our top five most-watched videos of 2015. Check out the speakers and topics that amassed our largest digital audiences this year. 1. Europe: Destined for Conflict? February 3, 2015 In our mos ...
morewater.jpg Kim Heys's blog This interview by Elizabeth Hagedorn originally appeared on Newsy. Less than 1 percent of the Earth's water is available for human use. That should be enough. "There is probably enough water for everybody, but ...
cop21_agreement_player.jpg Kim Heys's blog By Vasiliki Mitrakos, EPIC Correspondent, via EPIC News Nearly 200 countries agreed to a global pact to reduce their emissions and work towards containing climate change to 2 degrees Celsius during the 21s ...
Kim Heys's blog city_mayors_climate.jpg On Friday, February 19, Christiana Figueres announced that she will step down as head of the Bonn-based UN Climate Change Secretariat. The position is a strategic one for climate governance and, by extension, e ...
