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Cooling People, Not Spaces: Surmounting the Risks of Air-Conditioning Over-Reliance
unprecedented heat waves in North American history. Between March and May 2022, heatwaves spanning northwest India and Pakistan resulted in outdoor air temperatures exceeding 50°C (Patel and Masih 2022), deadly heat events that
Is Climate Risk Insurable?
risk, and in estimating the likelihood, and cost, of future damages that ... , from floods to wildfires, and how to accurately reflect these risks in the premiums it charges to consumers and businesses. Carolyn Kousky
Knowledge @ Wharton Radio Show (SiriusXM)
Outlook—the authoritative source of energy market analysis, trends, and projections. In this half-hour program, Dr. Birol will provide highlights and insights from the report and answer questions from guest callers. Listen to a
Clean Energy is an Investment, Not a Cost
technologies like wind and solar is that they impose undue costs on consumers and ... technologies, and the state-level policies that support them, have resulted in ... largely from their intermittency and the need to build additional
Regulating Fuel Economy Standards
Project 1 This project will study what is a feasible and efficient ... technologically infeasible, and most countries instead rely heavily on exhaust ... standards regulate air pollutants like nitrogen oxides and have very different
Allison Lassiter
Allison Lassiter is an assistant professor of city and regional ... use landscape infrastructure and emerging technologies to build resilience and increase adaptive capacity in cities. Her research and teaching
From the Podium
Prize honors visionary leaders driving equitable and sustainable energy ... research and policy ideas inform the international conversation on climate action. And through Energy Week at Penn, we showcase the university
Deep-Decarbonization Strategy for India
Balancing Climate Change and Economic Development In this world of constant change and flux, the one thing that people have markedly felt is the ... largest emitter of CO2 after China and the United States, and made up around
Developing the High-Res Grid
body, an interrelated system of muscles and organs (i.e. power generators), arteries (i.e. transmission lines) and veins and capillaries (i.e. distribution lines) all working and pulsing together. Electrical current on the
How Interest Groups Shape U.S. Clean Energy Policy
Interest groups play a central role in American politics, and nowhere ... and environmental politics. Leah Stokes, assistant professor of ... energy and in defining policies to address the environmental and climate