Council on Foreign Relations

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.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 Renewing America

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.

Backgrounder by Lindsay Maizland December 5, 2023 Renewing America

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December 9, 2022

2022 in Review

Visualizing 2023: Trends to Watch

Using charts, CFR experts track developments that could shape the year ahead.

Article by Manjari Chatterjee Miller, J. Andrés Gannon, Inu Manak, Ebenezer Obadare, and Christopher M. Tuttle Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies

December 20, 2022

Global Governance

Another Year of Living Dangerously

In 2022, several colossal events dominated the headlines, most prominently the war in Ukraine and the worldwide inflation that it helped spark. But beyond Ukraine, events with global implications con…

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra, Steven A. Cook, Richard Haass, Shannon K. O'Neil, and Ebenezer Obadare Why It Matters

March 15, 2023

Center for Preventive Action

2023: What’s the Worst That Could Happen?

The world is entering a new era of great-power competition. As U.S. policymakers look ahead, it pays to know what global threats to anticipate. Every January, the Council on Foreign Relations publish…

American soldier examines crashed missile.

Podcast by Gabrielle Sierra and Paul B. Stares Why It Matters

June 27, 2023

United States

What Happens When the U.S. Hits Its Debt Ceiling?

U.S. lawmakers have increasingly used the debt ceiling to re-litigate congressional spending, risking default and sparking debate over whether to abolish the ceiling.