Climate Change

News May 7, 2025 Supercool, Penn IUR Launch Feature Spotlighting Mayors Driving Global Urban Climate Finance A partnership with Supercool, a leading climate solutions podcast, will highlight mayors who are innovating how cities finance sustainable development in the face of climate change. Climate Change & Resilience
Publication April 16, 2025 Penn IUR Joins Global Leaders in Cape Town for Urban Ecosystem Restoration Workshop Penn IUR participated as a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) partner in the Generation Restoration global workshop for urban nature-based solutions (NbS) held in Cape Town, South Africa in March 2025. Climate Change & Resilience
Apr 25 2025 Past Event 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum: Urban Leadership for the 21st Century Speakers:  Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Patrick Harker Enrique Peñalosa Urban Development
Article February 26, 2025 A Strategic Partnership to Advance Urban SDG Financing Penn IUR and the Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) have teamed up for a strategic partnership to support the SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance.  Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
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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
News November 13, 2024 Penn IUR, CEBRI launch “Sustainable Urban Development: Governance, Finance and Politics” book at U20 Rio Summit Climate Change & Resilience
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People Michael Mann
Presidential Distinguished Professor and Director of Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media
Climate Change & Resilience
Research Paper November 7, 2024 The Green Cities Guarantee Fund: Unlocking Access to Urban Climate Finance The SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance proposes a Green Cities Guarantee Fund (GCGF) as an important tool to increase the flow of public and private capital into subnational climate-responsive projects. This report details the case for the GCGF, offers a roadmap for operationalizing the fund, and makes suggestions for its initial market pilot in Latin America. Mauricio Rodas Eugénie L. Birch Luke Campo 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
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
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 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
Annual Report October 16, 2024 Sustainable Urban Futures: 2023-2024 Penn IUR Annual Report Penn Institute for Urban Research's annual report, Sustainable Urban Futures: Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice, documents the Institute’s research initiatives, publications, events, and instructional activities over the 2023–2024 academic year. Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
Nov 11 2024 Past Event Carbon Capture and Cities Speakers:  Thomas Daniels Masoud Akbarzadeh Dorit Aviv Jennifer Wilcox Sanya Carley William W. Braham Climate Change & Resilience
Research Paper September 14, 2024 SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance Recommendations Report The SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance is working at a critical juncture for urban climate finance. Cities continue to face record-breaking heat and devastating disasters. As the cost of our underpreparedness mounts, cities continue to receive only 7-8% of climate funds despite housing nearly 60% of the global population. There are signs that enabling conditions are being strengthened and cities are gaining the attention they desperately need. However, cities need to be ready for the spotlight. Mauricio Rodas Eugénie L. Birch William Burke-White Laura Frances Mueller-Soppart Amanda Lloyd 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

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