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People Michael Mann
Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action Presidential Distinguished Professor, Earth and Environmental Science Director, Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media
Climate Change & Resilience
Apr 24 2025 Past Event Opportunities & Challenges of Climate Action Planning in Indian Cities: A Case of Mumbai City Speakers:  Lubaina Rangwala Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Article December 11, 2024 2024 Highlights and Season's Greetings As we wind down the year, we reflect on Penn IUR’s many activities and accomplishments in 2024 as well as the year ahead--our 20th! Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
Affiliated PhD Student Shengao Yi
PhD Student, City & Regional Planning
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
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People Michael Mann
Presidential Distinguished Professor and Director of Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media
Climate Change & Resilience
Faculty Fellow Michael Weisberg
Deputy Director, Perry World House; Bess W. Heyman President's Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences
Climate Change & Resilience
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Faculty Fellow Emily Hannum
Professor of Sociology and Education and Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Climate Change & Resilience
Faculty Fellow Sanya Carley
Faculty Director, The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy & City Planning, Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Climate Change & Resilience
News October 28, 2024 Penn IUR, The United Nations Environment Programme unveil new framework to address gap in urban nature finance The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) released a report with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cities Unit’s State of Finance for Nature in Cities, From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities, during COP16 Colombia. Amanda Lloyd Samuel Geldin Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Videos October 28, 2024 From Grey to Green: Better Data to Finance Nature in Cities This video animates the report Penn IUR and the United Nations Environment Programme developed, “From Grey to Green: Better Data to Finance Nature in Cities,” which provides a framework for cities to improve how they plan, track, and finance nature-based solutions. Climate Change & Resilience
Research Paper October 26, 2024 From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) released a report for the United Nations (UN) Environment Programme Cities Unit’s State of Finance for Nature in Cities, "From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities," during COP16 Colombia. Amanda Lloyd Samuel Geldin Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience
Article October 24, 2024 Faculty Spotlight: Allison Lassiter Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Allison Lassiter is adapting drinking water systems to climate change. She tells Penn IUR about a tool her lab is developing, SaltCast, and her role in serving on Penn’s delegation to the UNFCCC Conference of Parties. Climate Change & Resilience
Gallery September 12, 2024 2023 Photography Contest: Urban Nature Penn IUR is pleased to announce the winner of its 8th Annual Photography Contest: “Wetland for All” by Amitava Chandra. Climate Change & Resilience
Videos September 10, 2024 What would it take to make Galapagos tourist resilient? Penn IUR collaborated on this short video animated by Connie Pan, Ejun Hong, Elon Vedomey, Gabriel Gonsalves Bertho, as part of Simon Richter and Joshua Mosley's Penn Research as Animation Lab. The video asks what it would take to make the Galapagos tourist resilient and explores new infrastructure to enable the Galapagos to deal with climate change and bucket-list tourism. Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Initiatives August 26, 2024 City Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Financing Initiative (C2IFI) C2IFI is an initiative of Penn IUR and Perry World House to enable mayors to create inclusive and prosperous cities by locking in climate-resilient infrastructure investments that yield economic, social and environmental benefits for decades. Eugénie L. Birch Amanda Lloyd Samuel Geldin Mauricio Rodas Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Affiliated PhD Student Adwaita Banerjee
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Emerging Scholar Boqian Xu
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Emerging Scholar Chris Quattro
Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
Urban Development
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Affiliated PhD Student Ryan Gross
PhD Candidate, Statistics and Data Science Department, Wharton School
Urban Development State & Local Finance
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Affiliated PhD Student Rachel Bondra
Fellow in the Initiative in the History of the Built Environment Doctoral Student in City and Regional Planning
Urban Development

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