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The summer that reality caught up to climate fiction
Gizmodo

The summer that reality caught up to climate fiction

Parrish Bergquist of the School of Arts & Sciences says that there is evidence that experiencing hot weather firsthand can have an effect on people’s concern about climate change.

Why September’s record-warm temperatures have scientists so worried 
The Washington Post

Why September’s record-warm temperatures have scientists so worried 

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that, with El Niño expected to strengthen, more heat will be released from the ocean and trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The crisis of climate-driven extinction
Erol Akçay, Michael Mann, Zinta Zommers, and Simon Richter seat4ed on stage in front of a crowd.

From left: Erol Akçay, associate professor of biology in the School of Arts & Sciences; Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science in the School of Arts & Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication; Zinta Zommers, humanitarian affairs officer with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and served as the Wolk Visiting Fellow (2021-22) and a Visiting Fellow (2022-23) at the Perry World House; and Simon Richter, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, a Perry World House faculty fellow, a faculty fellow of Penn Institute of Urban Research, and a faculty advisory board member of the Water Center at Penn.

(Image: Courtesy of Gabrielle Szcepanek)

The crisis of climate-driven extinction

In a session moderated by Simon Richter, panelists Erol Akçay, Michael Mann, and Zinta Zommers discussed the impact of climate change on efforts to conserve biological diversity.
A climate scientist on how to recognize the new climate change denial
Vox.com

A climate scientist on how to recognize the new climate change denial

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences shares his experience fighting climate denialism and the new tactics that have emerged from the fossil fuel industry and the groups it supports.

Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields
Deans sit on Climate Week panel.

Kathy D. Morrison, faculty lead for the Environmental Innovations Initiative; Andrew M. Hoffman, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Antonia M. Villarruel, dean of the School of Nursing; Farah Hussain, representing the dean of the Perelman School of Medicine; Sara S. Bachman, dean of School of Social Policy and Practice; Mark Wolff, dean of the School of Dental Medicine; and Julian Fisher, director of Oral and Planetary Health Policies in Penn Dental, sit onstage for a Climate Week discussion on climate and health.

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Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields

Deans and leaders from the schools of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice discussed climate and health at a Climate Week event.
A call for less talk and more action on luxury emissions
A private jet taking off.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Carey Law Journal

A call for less talk and more action on luxury emissions

Shelley Welton, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy at Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, argues for a luxury emissions tax that would focus on grossly excessive personal carbon emissions.

From Penn Carey Law