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The future of globalization in a fracturing world
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Penn climate scientist Michael E. Mann sit on a stage at Perry World house in front of an audience of listeners

(Left to right) Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Michael E. Mann discussed Australia’s leadership in fighting climate change at Perry World House’s 2022 Global Order Colloquium.

The future of globalization in a fracturing world

Perry World House’s 2022 Global Order Colloquium hosted experts from government, the media, and across the University to tackle the topic of the state of globalization

Kristen de Groot

Ukraine nuclear power plant caught in war’s crossfire
Person seen walking in a town across the river from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine

A pedestrian crosses the street near the Dnipro river and Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Station on the other side in Nikopol, Ukraine, Aug, 22, 2022. The Zaporizhzhya plant, Europe’s largest, has been occupied by Russian forces since early in the war, and continued fighting nearby has heightened fears of a catastrophe that could affect nearby towns in southern Ukraine or beyond. (Image: AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

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    • Ukraine nuclear power plant caught in war’s crossfire

    The School of Arts & Sciences’ Anna Mikulska, an expert on the geopolitics of energy, discusses the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Station, Russia’s aims, and what she’s most concerned about.

    Kristen de Groot

    With COP27 approaching, cities like Philadelphia are ‘powerful tools’ for climate adaptation

    With COP27 approaching, cities like Philadelphia are ‘powerful tools’ for climate adaptation

    Mark Alan Hughes of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy says that cities are powerful tools for collective action on climate change, noting that Philadelphia is vulnerable on climate adaptation but well-positioned to improve.

    The Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s power to curb climate change
    Smoke from a power plant clouds out the sun's light

    With the decision in West Virginia v. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Supreme Court ruled to limit the EPA’s capacity to regulate power plant emissions under the Clean Air Act. The move hamstrings efforts by the federal government to regulate a major contributor to climate change.

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    • The Supreme Court restricts the EPA’s power to curb climate change

    Shelley Welton, a new faculty member with Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, calls the decision “devastating,” even if expected. She explains the ruling and its implications for action on climate change.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC
    Side of a building. Some of the window spaces are covered with bars. Others are covered with plants and other options for greening the building.

    Solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC

    The latest assessment offers both a harsh reality check and a path forward. Experts William Braham, Peter Psarras, and Michael Mann offer their thoughts.

    Michele W. Berger

    Talking energy at Penn
    Wind turbines in water, with a sunset in the background.

    Talking energy at Penn

    Energy Week 2022, hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, runs April 4-8. It includes student presentations, along with conversations about renewables, energy and the war in Ukraine, and much more.

    Michele W. Berger , Lindsey Samahon

    Climate scientist Michael Mann to join Penn faculty
    Michael E. Mann.

    Michael E. Mann is Penn’s inaugural Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science. (Image: Joshua Yospin)

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    Climate scientist Michael Mann to join Penn faculty

    Mann is the first new faculty member to be recruited as part of the recently announced Energy and Sustainability Initiative as a Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Four takeaways from the IPCC’s report on climate adaptation and vulnerability
    Person in SCUBA fear floating over bleached coral reefs.

    Evidence of coral reef bleaching in a seabed off Hachijo-jima Island in Tokyo, November 2020. The latest report from the IPCC focuses on how climate change is affecting coral reefs like this and other biodiversity, as well as people and places. (Image: The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images)

    Four takeaways from the IPCC’s report on climate adaptation and vulnerability

    The assessment gets explicit about the effect of climate change on people, places, and ecosystems. Experts from Penn weigh in on what it means.

    Michele W. Berger