After COP30: The Future of International Climate Diplomacy
Event Summary
The world is divided on climate change, as this year’s UN climate conference demonstrated. Experts from the University of Pennsylvania, some recently returned from Belém, share their perspectives on the results of this year’s COP30 and the future of climate finance, loss and damage, adaptation and monitoring, extreme heat, China’s energy transition, and more, with a specific focus on the void left by the U.S. pullback in the climate space.
Important Event Information
This event is in-person only. Advance registration is required and will close on 12/8.
Featured Researchers
William Burke-White
Professor of Law, Carey Law SchoolWilliam Burke-White is Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Burke-White, an international lawyer and political scientist, is a leading expert on U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions, and international law.
Allison Lassiter
Assistant Professor, City and Regional PlanningAllison Lassiter is an assistant professor of city and regional planning at the Weitzman School of Design. Her work examines opportunities to use landscape infrastructure and emerging technologies to build resilience and increase adaptive capacity.
Scott Moore
Director of China Programs and Strategic InitiativesScott Moore is a faculty fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives. He is also a practice professor of political science.
Michael Weisberg
Deputy Director, Perry World HouseMichael Weisberg is deputy director of Perry World House, as well as Bess W. Heyman President’s Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Moderator
Sanya Carley
Mark Alan Hughes Faculty DirectorSanya Carley is the Faculty Director of the Kleinman Center. She is also Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action at Penn and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
