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Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the displacement of hundreds of millions of climate refugees is inevitable but would take place over a much more manageable timeline if carbon emissions were immediately reduced, as opposed to continuing with current rates of fossil fuel burning.

Green energy transition may leave some workers behind
A worker inside a windmill.

Image: iStock/Jacinto benavente madrid

Green energy transition may leave some workers behind

New research from Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice shows both potential and unequal opportunities in the green jobs market.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice