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Using climate modeling to guide global economic and political decisions
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Using climate modeling to guide global economic and political decisions

Irina Marinov, associate professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Earth and Environmental Science, explains how climate modeling works and the information these models provide.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative

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How climate change impacts food security
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How climate change impacts food security

Perry World House’s “Feeding a Climate-Changed World” conference brought together climate experts to discuss democracy, human rights, and the geopolitics of food security.

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Why climate change is a national security threat
Time

Why climate change is a national security threat

Scott Moore of the School of Art & Sciences says that intensifying climate change places stress on food systems, worsens existing tensions within countries, and exacerbates the scale of extremist or terrorist threats.

Weitzman and Netter Center to tackle urban heat in West Philadelphia

Weitzman and Netter Center to tackle urban heat in West Philadelphia

A collaboration between the Thermal Architecture Lab at Penn’s Weitzman School of Design, the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, and the Annenberg School has been awarded an Environmental Protection Agency Thriving Communities Grant for $137,000 to work with William L. Sayre High School, a University-Assisted Community School, on measurement of urban heat and solution design.

Why we’re ‘perilously close’ to a global warming threshold
PBS NewsHour

Why we’re ‘perilously close’ to a global warming threshold

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a critical warming threshold will be passed in little more than a decade if society continues on its current course.

Innovation in climate education
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Innovation in climate education

The Project-Based Learning for Global Climate Justice Program is a collaboration with Penn’s Graduate School of Education and 70 educators around Asia, Africa, and Europe working together on a K-12 education program that emphasizes climate change and social inequalities.

From the Environmental Innovations Initiative