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class="wysiwyg"> <p><strong>November 29, 2022</strong><br> The world gathering in Egypt for COP27 reminds us of the urgency of our collective fight against climate change. Faculty, student, and staff attendees from Penn represent the energy and talent that so many Penn community members contribute to this crucial effort.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card--align-left"> <div class="card__content"> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href=" https://investments.upenn.edu/sustainability " class="card__title__link">Update on Endowment Net-Zero Goal</a> </h2> <div class="wysiwyg"> <p><strong>March 02, 2022</strong><br> In April 2021, the Office of Investments set a goal of reducing the net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions associated with the endowment’s investments to zero by 2050. Since then, we have collaborated with Penn’s Investment Board to develop a framework for achieving net zero.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card--align-left"> <div class="card__content"> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href=" https://penntoday.upenn.edu/announcements/message-penn-community-combatting-climate-change " class="card__title__link">A message to the Penn community on combating climate change</a> </h2> <div class="wysiwyg"> <p><strong>April 07, 2021</strong><br> Combating climate change is one of the paramount challenges of our time. We write today to update the University community on a significant new initiative that Penn is undertaking.</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content-aside content-aside--divide"> <div class="contain section-margin-bottom"> <header class="section-header section-header--w-filter"> <h2 class="section-header__title">Climate Change & Sustainability News</h2> <div class="filter"> <button type="button" class="filter__toggle"> <span class="filter__toggle__text"> Sort news by: </span> <span class="filter__toggle__triangle" aria-hidden="true"></span> </button> <ul class="filter__dropdown" role="list"> <li class="filter__item"> <button type="button" class="filter__trigger filter__trigger--active" aria-expanded="true" data-controls="nf-81" id="filter-81">Climate Change News</button> </li> <li class="filter__item"> <button type="button" class="filter__trigger" aria-expanded="false" data-controls="nf-82" id="filter-82">Sustainability News</button> </li> </ul> </div> </header> <div id="nf-81" class="filter-section filter-section--active filter-section--showing" aria-labelledby="filter--81"> <div class="contain content-aside__flex news-featured__grid"> <div class="content-aside__content"> <div class="listing-cards"> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sas-anthropology-holocene-land-use-transitions?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2025-02/holocene-land-use-teaser.JPG?itok=Gr_Xi_zg" alt="R. Ramesh adjusts measuring tape at archaeological site." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sas-anthropology-holocene-land-use-transitions?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Looking to the past to understand the impacts of human land use in South Asia </a> </h3> <p>An international group of scholars, including archaeologists from the School of Arts & Sciences, synthesized archaeological evidence in South Asia from 12,000 and 6,000 years ago.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">2/13/2025</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/perry-world-house-forum-addresses-foreign-policy-priorities-us?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2025-01/PWH-Foreign-Policy-Forum-Main-Teaser.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=HYeWc_QQ" alt="Three people sit in chairs on a stage in front of a Perry World House logo. The person in the middle is talking with a hand-held microphone." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/perry-world-house-forum-addresses-foreign-policy-priorities-us?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Forum addresses foreign policy priorities for the U.S. </a> </h3> <p>Experts offered predictions and insights for leaders in the incoming administration at a Perry World House forum.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">1/16/2025</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/look-back-2024-through-penn-today-stories?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-12/stories-roundup-2024-teaser.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=tftq85D1" alt="The Philly Eagles mascot pushing the Penn Quaker mascot in a Move-In cart on Penn’s campus." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/look-back-2024-through-penn-today-stories?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> A look back at 2024 through Penn Today stories </a> </h3> <p>Revisit some of the stories that highlighted the events, breakthroughs, people, and research across the University this year.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/18/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/climate-crisis-meets-penn-nursing-know-how?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-12/nursing-climate-teaser.jpg?h=12bf8892&itok=u21Z_w4I" alt="Roxana Chicas speaking at a Penn Nursing lecture." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/climate-crisis-meets-penn-nursing-know-how?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Climate crisis meets nursing know-how </a> </h3> <p>How nurses at Penn are innovating public health care for a changing world.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/16/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/white-house-national-climate-advisor-talks-inflation-reduction-act-results-and-reasons-hope?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-12/ali-zaidi-teaser.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=iDSAiWBZ" alt="Ali Zaidi (right) and Justin Worland in discussion at Perry World House." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/white-house-national-climate-advisor-talks-inflation-reduction-act-results-and-reasons-hope?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> White House national climate advisor talks Inflation Reduction Act results and reasons for hope </a> </h3> <p>In a fireside chat at Penn, Ali Zaidi talked about the Biden Administration’s climate policy as a throughline to securing global competitiveness and domestic prosperity.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/13/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-vagelos-laboratory-celebration-brighter-greener-future?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-12/P-101849-Master-V1-056.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=i0aM0909" alt="The exterior of the Vagelos building lit up with dramatic lighting." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-vagelos-laboratory-celebration-brighter-greener-future?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> An illuminating celebration to a brighter, greener future </a> </h3> <p>Members of the Penn community celebrated an energy research milestone: the unveiling of the new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/12/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-sas-other-emissions-coming-cars?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-12/tire-emissions-teaser.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=2Ug9uQzG" alt="A gloved mechanic holds a new tire." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-sas-other-emissions-coming-cars?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> The other emissions coming from cars </a> </h3> <p>Tiny tire particles discharge into the environment every time a vehicle brakes, accelerates, or rounds a curve. In a UN brief, geochemist Reto Gieré and colleagues aim to educate the world about this lesser-known environmental obstacle.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/6/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/greener-cleaner-way-extract-cobalt-junk-materials?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-12/Schelter-Cell-teaser.jpeg?h=2e5cdddf&itok=9SwUTqyc" alt="A large setup infrastructure for mining gold and other minerals in Australia." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/greener-cleaner-way-extract-cobalt-junk-materials?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> A greener, cleaner way to extract cobalt </a> </h3> <p>Penn researchers led a collaborative effort pioneering safer, more sustainable technique to extract elements critical to battery-powered technologies. Findings pave the way for getting value from materials that would otherwise be considered waste.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/5/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sas-plantarc-climate-solutions-living-world?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-11/plant-arc-teaser.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=DRa5Xpta" alt="A canopy of trees in sunlight." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sas-plantarc-climate-solutions-living-world?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Collaborating on agricultural climate solutions, from plants to animals </a> </h3> <p>The new Penn Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center brought together faculty speakers from five schools for its Climate Solutions for the Living World symposium.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/21/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-lays-out-ambitious-new-roadmap-climate-and-sustainability-action?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-11/csap-2024-teaser-social.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=PQCS_8T4" alt="Two workers at Penn Farm." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-lays-out-ambitious-new-roadmap-climate-and-sustainability-action?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Penn lays out ambitious new roadmap for climate and sustainability action </a> </h3> <p>Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 4.0 outlines sustainability goals for fiscal year 2025-29 and lays out Penn’s path toward carbon neutrality by 2042.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/18/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="listing-cards-cta"> <a href class="link link--red"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content-aside__divide"></div> <div class="content-aside__aside"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-header__title section-header__title--small"> In the News </h2> </div> <div class="listing-cards"> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4s8hr9ff" class="link link--red">Project Syndicate</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4s8hr9ff" class="listing-card__title__link">Guernica is always with us</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the U.S. election results will likely make stabilizing global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius impossible.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/16/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yp7a89ma" class="link link--red">Inside Climate News</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yp7a89ma" class="listing-card__title__link">As California pushes increased ethanol use, experts sound the alarm on environmental impacts</a> </h3> <p>Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that the negative impacts of biofuels on land are difficult to overstate.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/2/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/crrjj9zw" class="link link--red">Philadelphia Citizen</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/crrjj9zw" class="listing-card__title__link">Penn bets big on green</a> </h3> <p>Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan outlines the University’s efforts to combat climate change during the next five years.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/27/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5hakeuyh" class="link link--red">Bloomberg</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5hakeuyh" class="listing-card__title__link">How the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun</a> </h3> <p>R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice discusses his book “Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World.”</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/18/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4kbkkkrc" class="link link--red">Dwell</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4kbkkkrc" class="listing-card__title__link">Why do we keep developing in climate disaster zones?</a> </h3> <p>Jessica Varner of the Weitzman School of Design says that the federal buyout timeline for homes destroyed by natural disasters opens the door to predatory buyers. William “Billy” Fleming of Weitzman says that adaptation requires various types of interventions that deal with the urgent effects of climate change.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/15/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mr3phxu3" class="link link--red">WHYY (Philadelphia)</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mr3phxu3" class="listing-card__title__link">Climate policy under a second Trump presidency</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses how much a president can do or undo when it comes to environmental policy.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/14/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mrywr9v5" class="link link--red">Salon.com</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mrywr9v5" class="listing-card__title__link">Exxon CEO wants Trump to stay in Paris climate accord</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences voices his concern about the possibility that the U.S. could become a petrostate.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/13/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/eycvkcjj" class="link link--red">Associated Press</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/eycvkcjj" class="listing-card__title__link">Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that total carbon emissions including fossil fuel pollution and land use changes such as deforestation are basically flat because land emissions are declining.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/12/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3rs97hdd" class="link link--red">Associated Press</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3rs97hdd" class="listing-card__title__link">California air regulators approve changes to climate program that could raise gas prices</a> </h3> <p>Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that many things being credited in California’s new climate program don’t help the climate.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/9/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5n9bs455" class="link link--red">The Independent</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5n9bs455" class="listing-card__title__link">Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a second Trump term and the implementation of Project 2025 represents the end of climate action in this decade.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/6/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="nf-82" class="filter-section" aria-labelledby="filter--82"> <div class="contain content-aside__flex news-featured__grid"> <div class="content-aside__content"> <div class="listing-cards"> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/desert-oasis-penn-engages-ambitious-greening-effort-sahel?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2025-01/Cr_%20Chaowu%20Li-59.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=ccYCQfnt" alt="People gather around a large map placed on the floor. " class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/desert-oasis-penn-engages-ambitious-greening-effort-sahel?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Turning the desert into an oasis </a> </h3> <p>Students from the Weitzman School of Design journeyed to Senegal to help with an ambitious ecological and infrastructural greening effort as part of their coursework. The Dakar Greenbelt aims to combat desertification and promote sustainable urban growth.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">1/31/2025</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/mapping-molecular-arrangements-pave-way-better-catalytic-systems?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-12/Stach-Main.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=uayFljPp" alt="Bright spots represent individual catalyst molecules captured under cryogenic conditions to prevent clustering." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/mapping-molecular-arrangements-pave-way-better-catalytic-systems?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Mapping molecular arrangements to pave the way for better catalytic systems </a> </h3> <p>The Stach Group in Penn Engineering led a collaborative team identifying how chemical catalysts drive the creation of liquid fuels from sunlight, paving the way for more efficient removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/9/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/university-pennsylvania-health-system-releases-climate-and-sustainability-action-plan?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-11/uphs-csap-teaser.jpg?h=2e5cdddf&itok=JGYRry0Y" alt="Penn Medicine Pavilion." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/university-pennsylvania-health-system-releases-climate-and-sustainability-action-plan?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> University of Pennsylvania Health System releases Climate and Sustainability Action Plan </a> </h3> <p>The plan outlines a sweeping strategy to become the nation’s most eco-friendly health care organization.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/18/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-lays-out-ambitious-new-roadmap-climate-and-sustainability-action?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-11/csap-2024-teaser-social.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=PQCS_8T4" alt="Two workers at Penn Farm." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-lays-out-ambitious-new-roadmap-climate-and-sustainability-action?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Penn lays out ambitious new roadmap for climate and sustainability action </a> </h3> <p>Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 4.0 outlines sustainability goals for fiscal year 2025-29 and lays out Penn’s path toward carbon neutrality by 2042.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/18/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-iur-united-nations-environment-programme-unveil-new-framework-address-gap-urban-nature?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-11/iur-nature-report-teaser.jpg?h=d0402bb9&itok=t5SCEY2u" alt="Farmers in rural Peru." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-iur-united-nations-environment-programme-unveil-new-framework-address-gap-urban-nature?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Penn IUR, the United Nations Environment Programme unveil new framework to address gap in urban nature finance </a> </h3> <p>The Penn Institute for Urban Research has released a report for the United Nations Environment Programme Cities Unit’s State of Finance for Nature in Cities, From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities, during COP16 Colombia.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/1/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/dozens-events-penn-climate-week-2024-will-focus-solutions?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-10/3871_569.jpg?h=43dac3a0&itok=UQkf2g1S" alt="Volunteers in waders at the pond at Penn’s BioPond, one holds a frog." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/dozens-events-penn-climate-week-2024-will-focus-solutions?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> With dozens of events, Climate Week 2024 will focus on solutions </a> </h3> <p>The fifth Climate Week at Penn, designed to help people find their place in the climate movement, takes place Oct. 14-18.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">10/9/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/dedication-penn-amy-gutmann-hall-celebrated?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-09/P-101801-Master-V1-004.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=X3kg87_N" alt="The exterior of the new Amy Gutmann Hall on Penn’s campus." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/dedication-penn-amy-gutmann-hall-celebrated?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Celebrating the dedication of Amy Gutmann Hall </a> </h3> <p>Penn’s new building for data science and AI will welcome collaboration across all 12 schools.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">9/28/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/chinedum-osuji-soft-materials-sustainability-and-environment?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-06/Osuji-Chinedum-teaser.jpg?h=4997dc06&itok=wpkW1nTi" alt="Chinedum Osuji." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/chinedum-osuji-soft-materials-sustainability-and-environment?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Soft materials, sustainability, and the environment </a> </h3> <p>Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative, discusses his research and its connections to sustainability and the environment, and how industry and researchers can work better together.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">6/28/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-dumolab-fungi-front-lines-against-environmental-injustice?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-06/fungi-teaser.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=4_zWXUEX" alt="Mycellium growing in soil." class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-dumolab-fungi-front-lines-against-environmental-injustice?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> Fungi on the front lines against environmental injustice </a> </h3> <p>The collective efforts of the Symbiotic Architecture for Environmental Justice research community are making former industrial sites reborn as vibrant community gardens, and safe, green spaces for children to play a reality.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">6/4/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card"> <figure class="listing-card__figure"> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/greener-approach-end-academic-year?utm_medium=feed" class="list-card__figure__link"> <img src="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-05/P-101743-Master-V1-003X.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=cV8kSvqI" alt="Person gives item to another person staffing donation truck" class="listing-card__image"> </a> </figure> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <h3 class="listing-card__title "> <a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/greener-approach-end-academic-year?utm_medium=feed" class="listing-card__title__link"> A greener approach to end the academic year </a> </h3> <p>Various departments across Penn have amped up efforts to provide on- and off-campus opportunities for students wishing to donate materials during May.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">5/13/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="listing-cards-cta"> <a href class="link link--red"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content-aside__divide"></div> <div class="content-aside__aside"> <div class="section-header"> <h2 class="section-header__title section-header__title--small"> Sustainability in the News </h2> </div> <div class="listing-cards"> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yp7a89ma" class="link link--red">Inside Climate News</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yp7a89ma" class="listing-card__title__link">As California pushes increased ethanol use, experts sound the alarm on environmental impacts</a> </h3> <p>Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that the negative impacts of biofuels on land are difficult to overstate.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">12/2/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/crrjj9zw" class="link link--red">Philadelphia Citizen</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/crrjj9zw" class="listing-card__title__link">Penn bets big on green</a> </h3> <p>Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan outlines the University’s efforts to combat climate change during the next five years.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/27/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mr3phxu3" class="link link--red">WHYY (Philadelphia)</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mr3phxu3" class="listing-card__title__link">Climate policy under a second Trump presidency</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses how much a president can do or undo when it comes to environmental policy.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/14/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mrywr9v5" class="link link--red">Salon.com</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mrywr9v5" class="listing-card__title__link">Exxon CEO wants Trump to stay in Paris climate accord</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences voices his concern about the possibility that the U.S. could become a petrostate.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/13/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/eycvkcjj" class="link link--red">Associated Press</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/eycvkcjj" class="listing-card__title__link">Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that total carbon emissions including fossil fuel pollution and land use changes such as deforestation are basically flat because land emissions are declining.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/12/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3jnexv68" class="link link--red">The Wall Street Journal</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3jnexv68" class="listing-card__title__link">How can we remove carbon from the air? Here are a few ideas</a> </h3> <p>Jennifer Wilcox of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that the carbon-removal potential of forestation can’t always be reliably measured in terms of how much removal and for how long.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/10/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3rs97hdd" class="link link--red">Associated Press</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3rs97hdd" class="listing-card__title__link">California air regulators approve changes to climate program that could raise gas prices</a> </h3> <p>Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that many things being credited in California’s new climate program don’t help the climate.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/9/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5n9bs455" class="link link--red">The Independent</a> <h3 class="listing-card__title listing-card__title--small"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5n9bs455" class="listing-card__title__link">Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’</a> </h3> <p>Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a second Trump term and the implementation of Project 2025 represents the end of climate action in this decade.</p> <div class="listing-card__info"> <span class="listing-card__date">11/6/2024</span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="listing-card listing-card--column"> <div class="listing-card__detail"> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2sybf2wy" class="link link--red">The Guardian</a> <h3 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