Turning Knowledge into Climate Solutions
Climate work at Penn isn’t just ideas, it’s action. Penn Climate connects people and scholarship across the University to drive on-the-ground change aimed at improving the resilience of our communities to climate change.
From studying organisms and ecosystems to improving public health and shaping sustainable cities, programs in Earth science, veterinary medicine, urban planning, public health, business, law, design, and more are strengthening communities and protecting the environment for future generations. Penn Climate connects this work across the University so that it reaches the people and places experiencing the climate crisis firsthand and driving real change every day.
One University, Collective Impact
Solving climate challenges takes every perspective. Penn Climate draws on all 12 of the University’s Schools to turn diverse expertise into bold, integrated strategies.
Where Research Meets Practice
Across fields from veterinary medicine to urban planning, business to nursing science, engineering to public health, and architecture to art history, faculty and students apply their insights to improve practices, guide policy, and strengthen communities facing climate change. Penn’s work shows how scholarship in action shapes solutions that matter from local to and global scales.
Advancing Climate and Health Together
The changing climate is taking a toll on health and health care in every community. Clinicians and researchers at Penn, including in the top-ranking University of Pennsylvania Health System, are tackling these impacts through studies of extreme heat and environmental risks and practices that reduce the planetary impact of health care while protecting lives. Penn Climate is a partner in connecting this work across disciplines so discoveries reach the people and places that need them most.