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China, UAE, and the race to stop climate change
The outside of a building in the UAE in the midday sun.

Image: Jennifer Frank

China, UAE, and the race to stop climate change

A Penn Global Seminar looked at the driving forces behind China’s climate policy, and took students to the United Arab Emirates to see some of those decarbonization efforts in action.

Kristen de Groot

Simon Richter on animating climate change
Simon Richter on stage with a video screen with an animation behind him addressing an audience.

Simon Richter, Class of 1942 Endowed Term Professor of Germanic Studies, in front of his most recent animated video, “How do the Climate Futures of Jakarta and the Netherlands Compare?” which premiered in March 2023 in Amsterdam.

(Image: Tracy Metz)

Simon Richter on animating climate change

The professor of Germanic studies works with colleagues and students to create animated videos to explain the risks of climate change in the Netherlands and Jakarta.

From Omnia