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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5th Global Oral Health & Climate Action Conference
official COP31 UN Climate Conference Antalya, Turkey , TurkeyThe University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine will host the 5th Global Oral Health and Climate Action Conference (5th GOHCA) during official COP31 UN Climate Conference Antalya, Turkey, from […]
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Perry World House at 10: Inaugural Annual Conference
Perry World House 3803 Locust Walk, PhiladelphiaJoin Perry World House on Monday, November 9, 2026, for its Inaugural Annual Conference, marking a decade as the University of Pennsylvania’s home for global policy engagement. Across a full […]
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Melting Ice in a Warming Climate: Why Polar Observations Become Critical Infrastructure
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavillion Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library, PhiladelphiaIn 2005, Helheim Glacier in East Greenland retreated 5 kilometers and thinned by 100 meters in just two years, a pace few glaciologists thought possible. Several other large Greenland glaciers […]
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Taking Stock: Documenting the Economic Record of BIL, IRA, and CHIPS
VirtualThe Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act launched a new era of U.S. industrial policy, investing hundreds of billions of dollars in manufacturing, […]
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Civic Learning and Urban Problem Solving in Risky Times: A Youth Perspective
Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics 133 South 36th Street (Suite 230), Philadelphia, PA, United StatesCivic Learning and Urban Problem Solving in Risky Times: A Youth Perspective About the Seminar Youth have been seen as vital to delivering India’s demographic dividend, but today, face a […]
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Kate Kennen – Scaling Up: Landscapes of Productive Planting Exploration
Kleinman Energy Forum Fisher Fine Arts Building, 4th Floor, PhiladelphiaKate Kennen is founder of Offshoots, Inc., a Boston, MA landscape architecture and horticultural installation practice and full-time professor at Northeastern University. She grew-up on her family’s garden center in […]
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Geoscience Colloquium: Rebecca Jackson
Hayden Hall, Room 358 240 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, United StatesThe Geoscience Colloquium is hosted by the Department of Earth and Environmental Science each Friday. Rebecca Jackson, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth & Climate Sciences (with a […]
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Penn Climate Seminar: Jason Evans of SilverShark
Penn Climate is partnering with the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media to welcome Jason Evans, founder and producer of SilverShark, to Penn. Evans is an Emmy-winning nature […]
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Undergraduate Urban Research Colloqium (UURC) Info Session
210 S 34th Street , Meyerson Hall, Suite G12 Philadelphia 19104The Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium (UURC) course instructors invite all interested mentors and mentees to attend to learn more about the course, pitch their projects, and meet potential mentors/mentees. Light […]
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Monthly Energy Research Discussion: Yifan Quan
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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DOE Critical Materials Innovation Hub Discussion
Ames National Laboratory 3200 Walnut Street, Room 121, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesTom Lograsso, Director of the Critical Materials Innovation Hub joins Penn's Critical Materials Journal Hub for this discussion.
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Geoscience Colloquium: Robert Sherrell
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. Robert Sherrell, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at […]