Award Ceremony Kleinman Center Event

2024 Carnot Prize Policy Lecture and Award Ceremony

Monday, November 4, 2024 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM
NEW DATE

Speakers

Jacqueline Patterson
Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project
Shelley Welton
Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy, Kleinman Center and Carey Law School

Moderator

Sanya Carley
Faculty Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Location

Energy Forum at the Kleinman Center
220 S. 34th St.
Fisher Fine Arts Building, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

The Kleinman Center awards its ninth annual Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions in energy policy to Jacqueline Patterson, founder and executive director of The Chisholm Legacy Project.
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Event Summary

This year marks our ninth annual Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions to energy policy—and our 2024 recipient is Jacqueline Patterson, a trailblazer in environmental justice and a champion for frontline communities.

Patterson is the founder and executive director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, a resource hub for Black frontline climate justice leadership. Before this, she served for over a decade as the senior director of the NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program—a program she founded. During her tenure, Patterson designed and implemented a robust portfolio that supported state and local leaders, with a reach that extended to hundreds of communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice.

Join us for a lecture in her honor by Shelley Welton, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy with the Kleinman Center and Penn Carey Law.

Jacqueline Patterson

Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project
Jacqueline Patterson is the founder and executive director of The Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership. She is the recipient of the 2024 Carnot Prize.

Shelley Welton

Presidential Distinguished Professor
Shelley Welton is a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy with the Kleinman Center and Penn Carey Law. Her research focuses on how climate change is transforming energy and environmental law and governance.

Sanya Carley

Faculty Director
Sanya Carley is the faculty director of the Kleinman Center and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

Learn more about the history of the Carnot Prize and see previous winners.

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