BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Office of the Vice Provost for Climate - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Office of the Vice Provost for Climate X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://climate.upenn.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Office of the Vice Provost for Climate REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T184500 DTSTAMP:20260909T164235Z CREATED:20260901T140601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T164235Z UID:14268-1789666200-1789670700@climate.upenn.edu SUMMARY:2026 Carnot Prize Policy Lecture and Award Ceremony presented by Kleinman Center for Energy Policy DESCRIPTION:This 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. \nKerry\, a long-time advocate for climate crisis diplomacy and solutions that achieve a just and sustainable energy transition\, is currently a Visiting Distinguished Statesman for global climate and oceans affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Prior to this role\, he served as the 68th secretary of state under President Obama and as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate under President Biden. For nearly thirty years\, he served as a U.S. senator\, representing Massachusetts. \nThroughout decades of public service\, Kerry has been instrumental in forging domestic and international cooperation to address the defining energy and environmental challenges of our lifetime. His leadership as secretary of state helped secure the landmark Paris Agreement\, and he continues to mobilize governments\, businesses\, investors\, and communities to pursue ambitious climate and clean energy solutions. \nIncluded in the ceremony will be a lecture in his honor by Cary Coglianese\, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law at Penn Carey Law. \nA reception will immediately follow the program. \n  \nSpeakers: \nJohn Kerry \n\nFormer Secretary of State and Presidential Climate EnvoyJohn Kerry is a long-time advocate for a just and sustainable energy transition. He is a former U.S. Senator\, Secretary of State\, and Presidential Climate Envoy. Kerry is the recipient of the 2026 Carnot Prize.\n\n\n\nCary Coglianese \nEdward B. Shils Professor of LawCary Coglianese is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and professor of political science at the Carey School of Law. He also is the director of the Penn Program on Regulation and a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center. \n\n\n\n\nJ. Larry Jameson \nPresident\, University of Pennsylvania J. Larry Jameson\, MD\, PhD\, was named President of the University of Pennsylvania in March 2025 after serving as Interim President since December 2023. He previously led Penn Medicine as Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System. \n\n\n\n\nSanya Carley (Moderator) \nVice Provost for Climate \nSanya Carley is the Vice Provost for Climate\, Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. URL:https://climate.upenn.edu/event/2026-carnot-prize-policy-lecture-and-award-ceremony-2/ LOCATION:Coxe Hall\, Penn Museum\, 3620 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR