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Faculty Fellow Sanya Carley

Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy & City Planning, Weitzman School of Design Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director, The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

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 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 Eugénie L. Birch 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

Newsletter September 3, 2024 Penn IUR newsletter, Fall 2024 The Penn Institute for Urban Research's biannual newsletter is a journal of record, activities and news. Urban Development

Affiliated PhD Student Adwaita Banerjee

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Emerging Scholar Shengxio (Alex) Li

Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Emerging Scholar Boqian Xu

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Article May 21, 2024 Paris Meeting of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Global Commission for Urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Finance Marks A Year of Progress Eugénie L. Birch Mauricio Rodas Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Equality and the City by Enrique Peñalosa Londoño book cover

Book April 30, 2024 Equality and the City: Urban Innovations for All Citizens In Equality and the City, Enrique Peñalosa Londoño draws on his experience as mayor of Bogotá, Colombia to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, especially sustainable transportation and equal access to public space. Enrique Peñalosa Urban Development

Underground by Bruce O'Neill book cover

Book April 26, 2024 Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest Underground moves beneath Romania’s capital, Bucharest, to examine how the demands of global accumulation have extended urban life beneath city sidewalks. Bruce O'Neill Urban Development

Article April 19, 2024 Penn IUR Celebrates Resilience with 2024 Urban Leadership Prize The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) honored three pathbreaking urban leaders from around the globe at the 19th Annual Urban Leadership Forum on April 5: • Jaime Alberto Pumarejo Heins, former Mayor, City of Barranquilla, Colombia; • Andrew Melnik, former International Projects Manager, City of Bucha, Region of Kyiv, Ukraine; and • Lauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network. Climate Change & Resilience

Newsletter April 5, 2024 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2024 Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Article January 8, 2024 Expert Voices 2024 | Remote Work: Its Impact on Cities To begin every new year, we publish a special issue of Urban Link for which we ask urban experts to reflect on a question of importance to cities. This year, we asked: What do you expect will happen to remote work trends in the future? How should cities respond to remote work’s impact on the value of their real estate, tax bases, and more broadly, urban life? Urban Development

Article October 12, 2023 SDSN Global Commission on Urban SDG Finance Forges its Agenda at NYC Meeting State & Local Finance

Article October 10, 2023 Planning for a Greener Urban Ukraine Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Sep 21 2023 Past Event Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Benjamin (Benji) Smith

PhD Candidate in Wharton's Applied Economics Program

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

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