Adaptation

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
Article October 16, 2024 Commission Advances Agenda During New York Climate Week World mayors, urban finance and legal experts comprising the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance developed recommendations to address cities’ climate financing needs during Climate Week in New York. Climate Change & Resilience
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 Mauricio Rodas Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Affiliated PhD Student Adwaita Banerjee
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Announcement March 13, 2024 Penn IUR Announces the 2024 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize, which recognizes leaders who are guiding cities toward a sustainable and equitable future. This year, three pathbreaking urban leaders from around the globe will be honored. The 2024 awardees are Jaime Alberto Pumarejo Heins, former Mayor, City of Barranquilla, Colombia; Andrew Melnik, International Projects Manager, City of Bucha, Region of Kyiv, Ukraine; and Lauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network.   Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Apr 21 2023 Past Event 18th Annual Urban Leadership Forum
Article August 19, 2021 Urban Innovation Essential to Achieve SDGs A new report suggests ways to support and accelerate the city-level innovation needed to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Allison Lassiter
Assistant Professor
Climate Change & Resilience
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Faculty Fellow Simon Richter
Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of German, Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies, School of Arts and Sciences Chair, Department of Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies
Climate Change & Resilience
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Fellow Aromar Revi
Co-Chair of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IHHS)
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
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Fellow Sarah Rosen Wartell
President, Urban Institute
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
Scholar Lawrence Vale
Ford Professor of Urban Design and Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Associate Dean, MIT School of Architecture and Planning;
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

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