Connect, learn, and engage with Penn’s climate community
Monthly seminars, workshops, and a week-long celebration of climate action at Penn.
Penn Climate convenes faculty, students, postdocs, and partners across the university to share research, build interdisciplinary connections, and advance climate solutions. Here you’ll find a comprehensive list of climate-related programming happening across Penn. Explore events hosted by Penn Climate and the broader community to find programming aligned with your interests and expertise.
Events
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When the Plant Closes: Modernizing Unemployment Insurance for Climate and Industrial Shocks
VirtualClimate change is already costing people their jobs. Hurricanes and wildfires can close businesses for weeks or months, while extreme heat cuts working hours in construction, agriculture, and warehouses. These […]
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Sinking Islands, Rising Stakes: Climate, Taiwan, and China’s Courtship of the World’s Smallest States
Center for Study of Contemporary China Conference Room 133 South 36th St, Suite 418, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesWhy does climate change keep appearing in the same breath as Taiwan in China's diplomatic communiqués? Drawing on an original database of Chinese official readouts from 2009 to 2025, this […]
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“Penn’s Sylvania” Book Launch
Kleinman Energy Forum Fisher Fine Arts Building, 4th Floor, PhiladelphiaIn celebration of the publication of Penn’s Sylvania: The Campus as Landscape, The McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology welcomes the book's co-editors and two of its contributors for an exclusive […]
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Monthly Energy Research Discussion: VIEST Seed Grant Program 2026-2027
VLEST, Room 121 3200 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesPenn faculty, graduate students and postdocs with an interest in energy research are invited to join us for the monthly VIEST energy research discussion. A light lunch will be served […]
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Geoscience Colloquium: Common Era sea-level change along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast
Hayden Hall, Room 358 240 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, United StatesPenn's Department of Earth and Environmental Science is excited to kick-off the new school year with a presentation from Jennifer Walker, PhD, from Rowan University. Dr. Walker is an Assistant […]
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Wharton Impact Presents: A Conversation with Gregg Renfrew
Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 8th Floor 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesJoin Wharton Dean Erika James and visionary entrepreneur Gregg Renfrew for a conversation about how building, managing, and evolving purpose-driven brands can power women and change entire industries in the […]
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Benedetta Tagliabue: Building Environments of Care
Meyerson Hall, Plaza Gallery 210 S 34th St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Department of Architecture welcomes Benedetta Tagliabue for her lecture "Building Environments of Care." Building Environments of Care explores how architecture can foster well-being by transforming public spaces into places of […]
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2026 Carnot Prize Policy Lecture and Award Ceremony
Coxe Hall, Penn Museum 3620 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThis year marks the tenth Carnot Prize, awarding substantial contributions to energy policy. Our 2026 recipient is John Kerry, former U.S. senator, secretary of state, and presidential climate envoy. Kerry, […]
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Geoscience Colloquium: Multifunctional solar landscapes deliver agricultural, ecological and socio-economic co-benefits
Hayden Hall, Room 358 240 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, United StatesThe Geoscience Colloquium is hosted each Friday by the Department of Earth and Environmental Science. Co-locating solar photovoltaics with native vegetation or agriculture (agrivoltaics, ecovoltaics, multi-use solar) offers a promising […]
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Powering Agriculture: Financing Distributed Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets
The Penn Club of New York 30 W. 44th Street, New York, NY, United StatesEvent Summary The interrelationship between agriculture and energy is brought into sharp focus by the worsening climate crisis. Nowhere is this more consequential than in emerging markets and developing economies, […]
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The New Investment Map: Competitiveness, Climate Resilience, and the Future of Clean Energy Investment
The Penn Club of New York 30 W. 44th Street, New York, NY, United StatesWhat makes a country competitive for the next generation of investment in clean energy and industry? How are climate impacts, new technologies, the AI-driven demand for energy, and other factors […]
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Emiliano López and Mónica Rivera: Climate, Use, Construction
Meyerson Hall, Plaza Gallery 210 S 34th St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe Department of Architecture welcomes Emiliano López and Mónica Rivera for their lecture, "Climate, Use, Construction." This lecture presents a series of projects through the lens of climate, use, and construction. […]