Penn at COP28
This year marks Penn’s fourth year attending the UNFCCC’s annual climate conference as a delegation. In 2021, the University of Pennsylvania organized its first official delegation of observers, part of the research and independent non-governmental organizations group (RINGO).
To attend COP, Penn faculty, students, fellows, and staff apply for a limited number of week-long badges. Penn attendees contribute to COP in a variety of ways, including: participating in committee work, supporting the negotiations, implementing partnership programs, attending information sessions, sharing relevant research, and presenting at side-events.
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and Perry World House are co-organizers of the annual delegation. The Kleinman Center secures the badges and is the information hub for all UNFCCC-related communication on campus.
Across Penn, our researchers are thinking critically about issues important at COP28 like carbon accounting, carbon capture, and equitable transitions.
Will you be at COP28? Browse the schedule of events happening on the ground in Dubai with Penn delegates.
Media Contacts
If you are interested in speaking to a member of the Penn delegation, please reach out to either communications director with related questions:
Lindsey Samahon, Kleinman Center: lsamahon@upenn.edu
Tara Medeiros, Perry World House: taramede@upenn.edu
Meet the Delegation
Lauren Anderson
Director of Programs
Perry World House
Areas of Expertise: climate change, global governance, international development
Eugenie Birch
Co-Director
Penn Institute for Urban Research
Areas of Expertise: cities, urban development
Bill Burke-White
Professor of Law
Penn Carey Law
Areas of Expertise: U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions, and international law
Sanya Carley
Faculty Co-Director
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Areas of Expertise: energy justice, equity issues
Angela Chesler
Postdoctoral Fellow
Perry World House
Areas of Expertise: climate change, conflict, international relations, migration, sustainability
William Cohen
Center Coordinator
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Areas of Expertise: spatial geography, mapping, applied geoscience
Cornelia Colijn
Executive Director
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Areas of Expertise: climate change, energy transition
Ezekiel Emanuel
Vice Provost for Global Initiatives
Penn Global
Areas of Expertise: bioethics, health policy
Steve Finn
Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics
Penn College of Liberal and Professional Studies
Areas of Expertise: regenerative agriculture, food waste, food security
Lolita Jackson
Wolk Visiting Fellow
Perry World House
Areas of Expertise: climate change, diplomacy, sustainability
Kelli Joseph
Senior Fellow
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Areas of Expertise: electricity market design, electricity regulatory policy, utility rate design, power system economics, climate policy
Allison Lassiter
Assistant Professor
Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Areas of Expertise: urban water resources, “smart water” technologies, sea level rise, city planning
Thabo Lenneiye
Managing Director
PennPraxis
Areas of Expertise: mixed-use development, city planning, justice and inclusion
Amanda Lloyd
Program Director Of Global Research Initiatives
Penn Institute for Urban Research
Areas of Expertise: urban climate policy, sustainable resilient urban systems, global urban development
Harleen Marwah
Pediatric Resident
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Areas of Expertise: health and climate change, climate-smart health care
Anna Mikulska
Senior Fellow
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Areas of Expertise: geopolitics, energy markets, energy security
Amy Montgomery
Managing Director
Penn Institute for Urban Research
Areas of Expertise: urban climate policy, global urban development
Scott Moore
Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives
PennGlobal
Areas of Expertise: environmental sustainability, technology, international relations
Angela Pachon
Research Director
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Areas of Expertise: electricity markets, gas policies, climate policy in Latin America
Simon Richter
Class of 1942 Endowed Term Professor of German
Penn Arts & Sciences
Areas of Expertise: cultural aspects of climate adaptation, sea level rise, climate communication, environmental humanities
Mauricio Rodas
Visiting Scholar
Penn IUR, Kleinman Center, Perry World House
Areas of Expertise: climate change, democracy, populism, & domestic politics, global governance, urbanization, Latin America & the Caribbean
Catherine Seavitt
Professor and Chair, Landscape Architecture
Weitzman School of Design
Areas of Expertise: landscape architecture, urbanism, ecology
Benjamin Schmitt
Senior Fellow
Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Areas of Expertise: European energy security, transatlantic national security, export control policies, and modern sanctions regimes
Michael Weisberg
Interim Director
Perry World House
Areas of Expertise: climate change, Latin America & the Caribbean, sustainability
If you are a member of the Penn delegation and would like to update your information on this page, please email Mollie Simon.