Resources

Through Penn Libraries, the Penn community has access to vital academic and professional resources related to energy and energy policy, including books, news services, databases and scholarly journals, government and industry reports, and more. Many of these resources can be found in the Library’s Energy Industry Guide (https://guides.library.upenn.edu/energy).

The Kleinman Center, in conjunction with Penn Libraries, has helped expand the energy policy resources available to the University, including the following two essential news and research services.

E&E News

https://www.eenews.net

E&E News is a subscription news service that provides comprehensive daily reporting and analysis of the most relevant regional, national and international energy and environmental policy issues across the political, regulatory, scientific, and industry spectrum. Digital access is available while on campus or remotely with PennKey through this link (http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/92674)

Daily email alerts are also available for all of E&E News services. Sign up here (https://www.eenews.net/get_access?site_link=1) with your Penn email.

SNL Energy

SNL Energy, a product of S&P Global, is a comprehensive resource for data on U.S. and Canadian power plants, energy companies, coal mines, and gas pipelines. Use it to find detailed financials, filings, supply and demand fundamentals, emissions data, hourly market pricing, electricity rates, and more. Consult the daily, weekly, and monthly newsletters to stay current on various segments of the energy industry.

To begin, register for an account and download the Excel add-in needed to pull data from SNL Energy. It is available under Apps on the SNL website. Open Excel and use the DataWizard embedded in the Excel Add-In to access years of historical data about companies, assets, and markets.

Access SNL Energy (http://pwp.library.upenn.edu.proxy.library.upenn.edu/loggedin/pwp/pw-snl.html)

The University of Pennsylvania is home to 142 research organizations, housed in and amongst its twelve schools. These centers, institutes, programs and laboratories provide resources for students, faculty, and others, seeking energy related information or opportunities. The following organizations support energy-related education and research.

Weitzman School of Design

The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology

In the spirit of Ian McHarg’s renowned philosophy for “Designing with Nature”, The Center’s mission is to build on the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design’s position as a global leader in urban ecological design by bringing environmental and social scientists together with planners, designers, policy-makers, and communities to develop practical, innovative ways of improving the quality of life in the places most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
https://mcharg.upenn.edu/

PennPraxis

PennPraxis supports design action and thought leadership to advance inclusion, innovation, and impact in communities that design doesn’t typically serve. Praxis does projects that demonstrate the power of interdisciplinary design, art, planning, and heritage preservation to respond to the major challenges of the built and natural environments, and the communities that inhabit them. Our projects strengthen the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design as a school focused on high social impact design. We create opportunities “beyond the market” to help our students develop agency in the world, and we cultivate diversity among the next generation of leaders.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/pennpraxis/home

The Center for Environmental Building & Design

The Center for Environmental Building and Design is a faculty research unit at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design dedicated to improving the environmental future of contemporary buildings and cities. The challenges of environmental design occur at multiple, interacting scales and can only be approached systemically, so the CEBD works in interdisciplinary teams on projects at a range of scales.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/cebd/about

Across Campus

Perry World House

Perry World House is a center for scholarly inquiry, teaching, research, international exchange, policy engagement, and public outreach on pressing global issues. Perry World House’s mission is to bring the academic knowledge of the University of Pennsylvania to bear on some of the world’s most pressing global policy challenges, and to foster international policy engagement within and beyond the Penn community.
https://global.upenn.edu/perryworldhouse

Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center

The Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, established in 1985, is a research center affiliated with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Engaging students and faculty throughout the University in collaborations, research projects, and other partnerships, the Center is recognized worldwide as a leader in risk-related research and policy analysis. The Risk Center also serves as a bridge between scholars at Penn and organizations and decision-makers in the public and private sectors.
https://riskcenter.wharton.upenn.edu/

Penn Program on Regulation

The Penn Program on Regulation (PPR) brings rigorous, balanced analysis from multiple disciplines to bear on important regulatory policy problems and alternative strategies to solve them, as well as on the processes of making and implementing regulation.
https://www.pennreg.org/

Penn Institute for Urban Research

The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) is dedicated to advancing cross-disciplinary urban-focused research, instruction, and civic engagement on issues relevant to cities around the world. As the global population becomes increasingly urban, understanding cities is vital to informed decision-making and public policy at the local, national, and international levels.
https://penniur.upenn.edu/

The Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology

The Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology was established in 2016 through the generosity of Roy and Diana Vagelos with the vision to make Penn home to one of the premier energy research and technology centers in the nation. In alignment with the Penn School of Arts and Sciences strategic theme of Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment, the Institute brings together the world-class scientists from around the Penn campus to address the challenge of providing the energy that society needs in a way that respects the rights and interests of future generations.
https://web.sas.upenn.edu/viest-institute/

Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER)

The Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) at the University of Pennsylvania is designed to prepare highly talented and motivated students to advance sustainable energy science and technology through interdisciplinary approaches and immersive experiences in cutting edge research, positioning them to become the next generation of energy leaders and innovators.
https://www.viper.upenn.edu

Penn Program in Environmental Humanities

Founded in 2014, the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH) fosters interdisciplinary environmental collaboration and scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and beyond. PPEH’s four core commitments include: broadly interdisciplinary, collaborative research on the environment across the arts and sciences; arts-driven inquiry into place, particularly our campus and the City of Philadelphia as well as urban ecology in other global contexts; public engagement, particularly in and with environmental justice communities and concerns; the creation and growth of living archives via practices of urgent collection
https://ppeh.sas.upenn.edu

Penn Office of Sustainability

Penn Sustainability, housed in Facilities and Real Estate Services, is a University-wide initiative to advance environmental sustainability at the University of Pennsylvania, and coordinate programs to develop a more sustainable campus.
https://www.sustainability.upenn.edu

Since 2019 the University of Pennsylvania has been an official observer to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). As the leading body on campus, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy serves as the key focal point for all UNFCCC news and meeting information.

Due to the pandemic, COP 26 has been postponed until November 1-12, 2021. In the meantime, the UNFCCC is still taking urgent action and holding a series of virtual regional and multi-lateral meetings.

UNFCCC / COP News

• The secretariat has prepared a synthesis report based on the article 6.8 submissions. The report can be accessed at:https://unfccc.int/documents/476873. (May 24, 2022)
• Decision 4/CMA.3 requested the secretariat to organize an in-session workshop in conjunction with the 56th session of the SBSTA. The agenda can be accessed at: https://unfccc.int/event/in-session-workshop-on-the-glasgow-committee. Observers that would like to present on the views and information on matter referred to in paragraph 6 of decision 4/CMA.3 at the workshop. Please inform colleagues by Monday, 30 May 2022 via mailing paris-agreement-article-6@unfccc.int. (May 24, 2022)
• RINGO is accepting nominations for WIM ExCom16 meeting. Please refer to the RINGO application and UNFCCC registration form as well as the notification. (May 24, 2022)
• RINGO is accepting nominations for PCCB6 meeting. Please refer to the RINGO application and UNFCCC registration form as well as the notification. (May 24, 2022)
• RINGO is accepting nominations to attend SCF28. Please refer to the RINGO application and UNFCCC registration form as well as the notification. (May 24, 2022)
• Information note for a virtual Information event and synthesis reports by adaptation-related constituted bodies prepared for the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement. (May 24, 2022)
• Technical workshops on issues related to the implementation of Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Paris Agreement will take place from 16 to 19 May 2022. Draft agendas with guiding questions are posted on the workshops’ page. (May 11, 2022)
• Information Note on the activities and documents related to the global stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement (May 6, 2022)
• SB Chairs’ Informal Meeting on the Glasgow–Sharm El-Sheikh Work Programme on the Global Goal on Adaptation: The meeting will be held on Thursday, 5 May 16.00 – 17.30 CEST. Further information on the SB Chairs’ plans for the work programme can be found in their informal note.
• Seeking Nominations to the RINGO Steering Committee (March 9, 2022)
• A joint message from the Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies on the call for inputs for the First Global Stocktake (February 25, 2022)
• Message to Observer Organizations and Non-party Stakeholders from the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (January 27, 2022)
• A message calling for submissions arising from the work in Glasgow (January 27, 2022)
• The UNFCCC Secretariat has informed RINGO of an opportunity for a limited number of researchers working on global stocktake issues to attend a meeting with the co-facilitators of the technical dialogue of the first global stock take. This meeting will take place on Tuesday, 18 January 2021 at 17:00 CET.  It will focus on expectations and possible contributions to the meetings of the technical dialogue, which will start in June 2022. To be selected by RINGO to attend this meeting, applicants must already be well informed about the GST and ready to contribute ideas to the discussion. This meeting will not be a briefing from the co-facilitators. If you want to apply to attend, please send a short email (2 paragraphs max) to tracy@ringofocalpoint.org describing your work on GST and how you would contribute to the co-facilitators’ preparation of the technical dialogue on the first GST. You may attach a CV or list of GST projects/publications that you/your organization are doing. The deadline is next Monday, December 13, 2021 midnight ET.  Notification on selection decisions will be made by the end of next week. (December 10, 2021)
• Call for Inputs by the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures (December 6, 2021)
• Message to Parties and Observers: NDC numbers (November 4, 2021)
• Message to Parties and Observers: Ensuring transparent and inclusive access to negotiation rooms by all Parties and, where applicable, observers in compliance with COVID-19 measures (November 4, 2021)
• Penn Social Media Guidance: COP26 (November 1, 2021)
• A message from the High-Level Champions regarding an improved Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action for enhancing ambition (November 1, 2021)
• Informal SBSTA workshop on Transparency Reporting Tables and Formats (October 25, 2021)
• Information Note: Invitation to the SBSTA informal technical workshop on development of common reporting tables and formats related to the enhanced transparency framework (October 25, 2021)
• COVID-19 Measures at COP26 Q&A (October 25, 2021)
• COP Presidency Breifing (October 22, 2021)
• Informal technical expert dialogues on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (September 22, 2021)
• Notification to Intergovernmental and Non-governmental Organizations: United Nations Climate Change Conference (September 20, 2021)
• A communication from the UNFCCC secretariat conveying a joint message from the Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies regarding a call for inputs to the First Global Stocktake. (September 15, 2021)
• The secretariat is ***urgently*** reminding registered participants of the visa arrangements made by the Government of the United Kingdom. Please reference this guide to immigration and visa requirements for those attending COP26. (September 9, 2021)
• A message to Parties and observer states, United Nations and observer organizations from the Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice regarding research and systematic observations submissions (September 8, 2021)

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