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How can we prepare for the impacts of a changing climate?

Scott Moore, director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives, pictured along Locust Walk.

Can China stop climate change?

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US county map of total number of extreme-heat days and mean, summer, monthly cardiovascular mortality rates from 2008 to 2017. Image: Penn LDI

Taking Extreme Heat to Heart: Climate Change’s Impact on Cardiovascular Mortality

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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.

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

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Penn Carey Law’s Cary Coglianese and Allison Hoffman. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Law News)

Penn Law reactions to SCOTUS EPA ruling on climate change

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As part of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities’ Ecotopian Toolkit Project, a “kitbashing” workshop held at the Independence Seaport Museum gave museum visitors an opportunity to imagine and then build structures for a future of higher sea levels and disrupted ecosystems. Juan Hurtado Salazar (standing, in black shirt) was one of five artists and makers supported by the initiative. Among the workshop’s participants was PPEH Founding Director Bethany Wiggin (seated, far right).

Grappling with a watershed’s uncertain environmental future

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In June, Bethany Wiggin of the School of Arts & Sciences joined with 10 Philadelphia high school teachers to incorporate climate into their curricula. (Image: Courtesy of Mia D’Avanza and Bethany Wiggin)

Partnering with Philadelphia teachers to inspire climate action

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Mass extinction, represented here by ranges once roamed by now-extinct species, is one strand of Field Notes Towards an Internationalist Green New Deal. (Image: Weitzman News)

Student-led project takes a global view of the Green New Deal

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Photo of Sarah Sterinbach on urban rooftop.

Combating urban heat

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President Joe Biden hands the pen he used to sign the Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act

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The Staff and Faculty Eco-Reps program provides a variety of ways for those interested in sustainability to get involved.

What to know about Penn’s Eco-Reps program

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After building a solar powered water tank for the Olua I community in Uganda, 2021 President’s Engagement Prize winners and May graduates Martin Leet (left) and Leah Voytovich hope their work can provide a starting point for additional self-sustaining initiatives designed to improve the lives of refugees around the world.

Changing lives in refugee communities through access to clean water

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Under the umbrella of the Galápagos Education and Research Alliance, Penn Vet professor Daniel Beiting (far right) and others from Penn visited San Cristóbal Island in March, where they engaged students and scientists in water quality testing. (Image: Courtesy of Daniel Beiting)

In the Galápagos, training community scientists to monitor water quality

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Abby Seeley (center) of Penn Vet does a health check up on a goat with the assistance of Sulay Camara (left) and Sainey Badjie (right). (Image: Courtesy of Brianna Parsons)

Under the same sun

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Gold and orange autumn leaves surrounded the BioPond on Nov. 18. Credit: Kylie Cooper

Penn’s latest climate plan report includes drop in campus emissions, more academic initiatives

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Archaeologist Kathleen Morrison (center) and anthropology doctoral student Moriah McKenna discuss one of the charred lumps from a 2010 excavation in southern India. The image is possible thanks to a new microscope, seen here on the right, that takes and stitches together high-resolution images in incredible detail. (Image: Eric Sucar)

From 2,800-year-old charred food lumps, a window into past civilizations

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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

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