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SUMMARY:Investing in Clean Energy and Pennsylvania’s Working Families
DESCRIPTION:Close out Energy Week at Penn with a discussion of labor’s vision for Pennsylvania’s clean energy future.\n\n\nWhat does a worker-centered clean energy transition look like in one of the nation’s largest energy-producing states? This panel examines labor’s vision for Pennsylvania’s clean energy future—from building and launching the Union Energy coalition to shaping state policy that aligns climate action with economic security. \nPanelists will explore the key challenges and opportunities of organizing the emerging clean energy economy\, including how to ensure strong labor standards\, meaningful community benefits\, and real pathways for fossil fuel workers and communities. The conversation will dig into what a “just transition” looks like in practice—and how labor\, policymakers\, and advocates can work together to deliver an energy future that is affordable\, reliable\, and union-built. \nLunch will be available after the talk. \nThis event is part of Energy Week at Penn 2026. Thanks to our co-sponsor Penn Program on Regulation.
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/investing-in-clean-energy-and-pennsylvanias-working-families/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:From Pastures to Policy: Livestock Practices for Regenerative Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Dive into the critical intersections of livestock production\, sustainable food systems\, and regenerative agriculture.\n\n\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the talk!\n\n\nThis talk\, led by renowned food systems scientist and policy advocate Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda\, delves into the critical intersections of livestock production\, sustainable food systems\, and regenerative agriculture. Drawing on over 25 years of leadership and research in agriculture\, policy reform\, and rural development\, Professor Sibanda will discuss how innovative\, regenerative livestock practices can drive food security\, economic resilience\, and sustainable development across Africa and beyond. \nProfessor Sibanda will share insights from her work as Board Chair of CGIAR\, former Chair of the International Livestock Research Institute\, Chair of the ARUA Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems\, and her roles with global initiatives like the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the potential for policies aligned with regenerative principles to transform livestock systems and strengthen agricultural systems in ways that support both rural communities and global sustainability goals. \n \nSpeaker\nProfessor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is an animal scientist and a practicing farmer with extensive experience\, serving as a policy advisor to numerous African governments and global institutions. \nShe was appointed to the CGIAR System Board in April 2021 and became the Chair in January 2023. \nShe is a member of the Nestlé Board\, where she serves on the Sustainability Committee\, and is a Board representative on the Creating Shared Value Council. She serves as Chair of the Council at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe and as Extra Ordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria\, South Africa. She is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a member of Champions 12.3\, accelerating progress on UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 12.3\, halving global per capita food waste. \nShe has served in senior leadership positions in various organizations\, including Professor\, Director\, and Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Pretoria\, in South Africa; co-chair of the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)\, Vice-President\, Country Support\, Policy and Partnerships for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)\, and CEO and Head of Mission of the pan-African Food\, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN). \nLindiwe Majele Sibanda is a visiting scholar with the Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund. \n \nModerator\nThabo Lenneiye is the inaugural managing director of the Carl H. Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, where she leads research at the intersection of sustainable agriculture\, climate\, and energy policy. Her work focuses on building a comprehensive research agenda that explores how agriculture can address the challenges posed by climate change and the global energy transition. Lenneiye is also a senior fellow with the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School. \nHer experience reflects a deep commitment to societal impact. Before joining the Kleinman Center\, she served as managing director of Penn Praxis\, where she oversaw strategic planning\, business development\, and operations for the applied research center focused on social impact at the University of Pennsylvania. At Gensler\, a global design firm\, she not only worked as an architect and project manager but also collaborated with the executive team to drive initiatives related to justice\, inclusion\, and social impact. Notably\, she led the establishment of Gensler’s Africa practice and supported CEO Diane Hoskins in her role on the Obama Administration’s Presidential Advisory Council for Doing Business in Africa (PACDBIA). Additionally\, she served as the inaugural secretary of the Board for the African Union Pan-African Diaspora Women’s Association from 2017 to 2018. \nAn entrepreneurial spirit has driven her to found several social ventures\, further highlighting her commitment to equitable development. In addition to her professional achievements\, she has taught design studios at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland. Thabo serves as Vice-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Placemaking Product Council\, and is an Associate Scholar at the Penn Center for Global Health. \nWith a diverse interdisciplinary background\, she holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge\, where she was awarded the Africa Regional Scholarship\, as well as dual master’s degrees from the Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. \n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. In accordance with the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines\, masks are optional for all visitors. Boxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/from-pastures-to-policy-livestock-practices-for-regenerative-agriculture/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Getting Real About Net Zero
DESCRIPTION:What does ‘net zero’ mean? Explore pledges\, energy equity\, fossil fuel phaseouts\, renewables\, and the path to a Paris-aligned future.\n\n\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the talk!\n\n\nAt COP21 in 2015\, the world coalesced around what has come to be known as the Paris Agreement\, which aims to limit global warming to well below 2C and pursue efforts towards 1.5C. In 2018\, the IPCC published their special report on 1.5C\, making it clear that a key milestone of achieving this aim is getting to “net zero”. By 2019\, national pledges had started to come in. Starting with the UK\, roughly 90 % of the planet is covered by a net zero pledge of one kind or another. \nBut what does net zero mean\, exactly? Net zero CO2 emissions\, or all greenhouse gases? Absolutely zero carbon (fossil or otherwise in the energy system)? Is nuclear permissible\, or should we rely exclusively upon wind\, water\, and solar power? Once the net zero pledge had been made\, the question arose: “Who should pay”? How long have we understood climate change’s anthropogenic and dangerous nature? What\, if anything\, does this mean about culpability? \nRecent publications by\, among others\, the IEA propose that fossil fuel use should imminently peak\, and no further investment should follow–but how realistic is this\, how can we reconcile this idea with that of addressing energy poverty\, and to what extent is an apparent consensus on “phasing down” coal and phasing out fossil fuels compatible with broader questions of national sovereignty? Suppose we do start focusing on deploying renewable energy. How does intermittency impact the quantum of capacity required to replace or displace conventional thermal power generation? To what extent will EVs reduce oil demand? In all scenarios compatible with a Paris-aligned outcome\, the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies emerges as being indispensable–but this technology has consistently failed to overcome barriers to commercialization; how might this barrier be surmounted? \nSpeaker\nNiall Mac Dowell is a professor of energy systems engineering at Imperial College London. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of both the IChemE and the Royal Society of Chemistry. His research is focused on understanding the transition to a low-carbon economy\, and he has published more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers\, technical reports\, and books in this context. \nMac Dowell has more than a decade’s experience as a consultant to the public and private sectors. He has worked with a range of private sector organizations spanning the energy industry and financial sector and recently completed a two-year secondment to the UK Government Department BEIS (now DESNZ)\, where he acted as an expert policy advisor on CCUS and GGR. \nMac Dowell has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of TotalEnergies\, the Norwegian CCS Research Centre (NCCS)\, and Joule. He was a member of the US National Petroleum Council (NPC) CCUS Roadmap Team\, as well as the technical working group of the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP)\, the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA)\, and acts as a science advisor to a number of venture capital\, private equity funds\, and global banks. \nA multi-award-winning scientist\, Mac Dowell was awarded the Qatar Petroleum medal for his research in 2010 and the IChemE’s Nicklin and Junior Moulton medals for his work on low carbon energy in 2015 and 2021\, respectively. \n \nModerator\nJennifer Wilcox is Presidential Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania\, with a home at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. At Penn\, she oversees the Clean Energy Conversions Lab. \nWilcox is also a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute\, where she leverages her expertise to help accelerate policy support and investments in research\, development\, and deployment of industrial decarbonization and carbon removal solutions in order to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. \nMost recently\, Wilcox served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management at the Department of Energy. Before coming to Penn\, she was the James H. Manning Chaired Professor of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. \nWilcox’s research takes aim at the nexus of energy and the environment\, developing both mitigation and adaptation strategies to minimize negative climate impacts associated with society’s dependence on fossil fuels. This work carefully examines the role of carbon management and opportunities therein that could assist in preventing 2° C warming by 2100. Carbon management includes a mix of technologies spanning from the direct removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to its capture from industrial\, utility-scale exhaust streams\, followed by utilization or reliable storage of carbon dioxide on a timescale and magnitude that will have a positive impact on our current climate change crisis. \nFunding for her research is primarily sourced through the National Science Foundation\, Department of Energy and the private sector. She has served on a number of committees including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Physical Society to assess carbon capture methods and impacts on climate. She is currently a member of the Energy & Environmental Science Journal Editorial Board. She is the author of the first textbook on carbon capture and\, most recently\, the CDR Primer. In 2023\, she was named one of the TIME 100 Climate. \nHaving grown up in rural Maine\, Wilcox has a profound respect and appreciation of nature\, which permeates her work as she focuses on minimizing negative impacts of humankind on our natural environment. \n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. In accordance with the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines\, masks are optional for all visitors. Boxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/getting-real-about-net-zero/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Distributed Capacity Procurement: A New Tool for Utilities
DESCRIPTION:Explore how the Distributed Capacity Procurement model empowers utilities to scale distributed energy resources (DERs) for a resilient grid.\n\n\nPier LaFarge\, Sparkfund’s CEO\, and Paul Bonney\, Kleinman Center Board Member\, will discuss the Distributed Capacity Procurement (DCP) model\, which empowers utilities as leaders of the energy transition to meet the unprecedented demand for electric power driven by a return of US manufacturing\, data center growth and electric transportation. With their deep understanding of the grid\, utilities are uniquely positioned to lead the charge on planning\, siting\, deploying\, and dispatching distributed capacity resources (DERs) to create a more resilient\, sustainable\, and cost-effective grid. The DCP model is a new tool utilities can pick up that allows them to deploy DERs at the scale and pace necessary to support economic growth and transform the built environment for the benefit of our society. Following the discussion\, a brief Q/A session will be held. \n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\nPier LaFarge is the co-founder and CEO of Sparkfund\, an energy transition partner providing program management\, project implementation\, and financing services for utilities and building owners. He serves as a Trustee at The Nature Conservancy’s Maryland and DC chapter\, and as a Next Gen Strategy Committee member supporting the board of Fidelity Charitable. Previously\, while at ICF International\, he co-founded a service offering focused on energy efficiency finance strategy. In 2010\, he founded Race to Replace\, a statewide clean energy-focused voter registration campaign in Vermont in partnership with League of Conservation Voters. \n\n\nModerator\n\n\nPaul Bonney served as a senior vice president of Exelon and a number of its subsidiaries: Bonney was senior vice president\, legal and regulatory strategy for Pepco Holdings from 2016 to 2018\, senior vice president and general counsel of Constellation Energy from 2012 to 2016\, and vice president of regulatory affairs and general counsel at PECO from 2007 to 2011. Bonney was vice president and deputy general counsel-regulatory of Exelon from 2001 to 2006. Prior to joining PECO in 1990\, Bonney was an associate at Morgan\, Lewis & Bockius and a law clerk to the Honorable Edward N. Cahn\, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Bonney also worked for National Economic Research Associates\, an economic consulting firm in Washington\, D.C.\, and at the Chicago Board of Trade. Bonney currently is a lecturer at Clemson University\, teaching courses in Energy and Sustainability\, Business Strategy and Business Law. Bonney is also an energy-industry consultant and a Director of The York Water Company. \nBonney received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University and a J.D. from Georgetown University. \n\n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n\nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. A recording will be available on the Kleinman Center website the following day. \nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/distributed-capacity-procurement-a-new-tool-for-utilities/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Conservative and Concerned About Climate Change? You’re Not Alone
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunchtime conversation with Bob Inglis and Michael Mann\, moderated by Kleinman Center Faculty Director Sanya Carley.\n\n\nPlease join the Penn Center for Science\, Sustainability and the Media (PCSSM) and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy for this conversation between Bob Inglis and Michael Mann\, moderated by Sanya Carley. This discussion will focus on the importance of having good faith conservative voices in the conversation over climate and sustainability. \n————— \nThroughout his career in public service\, Bob Inglis has emerged as a leading conservative voice advocating for action on climate change. As the Executive Director of republicEn.org\, a community of conservatives focused on free-market solutions to environmental challenges\, Inglis champions pragmatic and economically sound approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A six-term U.S. Congressman from South Carolina\, Inglis experienced a personal and political evolution on climate change\, transforming him into a prominent advocate for bipartisan solutions to the climate crisis. \nInglis’s post-Congressional work has earned him numerous accolades\, including the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award\, for his unwavering commitment to fostering climate action within conservative circles. His efforts emphasize the importance of bridging ideological divides and finding common ground to tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time. During this event\, Inglis will share insights from his journey and discuss the role of conservative leadership in advancing climate and energy policy\, followed by a moderated Q&A session. \n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the event! \n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\nBob Inglis is the Executive Director of republicEn.org. He was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1992\, having never run for office before. He represented Greenville-Spartanburg\, South Carolina\, from 1993-1998\, unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings in 1998\, and then returned to the practice of commercial real estate law in Greenville\, S.C. \nIn 2004\, he was re-elected to Congress and served until losing re-election in the South Carolina Republican primary of 2010. \nIn 2011\, Inglis went full-time into promoting free enterprise action on climate change and launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative (“E&EI”) at George Mason University in July 2012. In the fall of 2014\, E&EI rebranded to become republicEn.org. \nFor his work on climate change\, Inglis was given the 2015 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. He appears in the film Merchants of Doubt and in the Showtime series YEARS of Living Dangerously (episodes 3 and 4)\, and he’s spoken at TEDxBeaconStreet and TEDxJacksonville. \nInglis served as a Resident Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics in 2011\, a Visiting Energy Fellow at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in 2012\, and Resident Fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics in 2014. \nInglis grew up in the Lowcountry of South Carolina\, went to Duke University for college\, met and married his college sweetheart\, graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and practiced commercial real estate law in Greenville\, S.C.\, before and between his years in Congress. Bob and Mary Anne Inglis have five children (a son and four daughters). They live on a small farm in northern Greenville County\, South Carolina. \n\n\nDr. Michael Mann is Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania\, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. His research focuses on climate science and climate change. He was selected by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002\, was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geophysical Union in 2012. He received the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2019 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2020. He is a Fellow of the AGU\, AMS\, GSA\, AAAS and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is co-founder of RealClimate.org\, author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications\, numerous op-eds and commentaries\, and six books including Dire Predictions\, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars\, The Madhouse Effect\, The Tantrum that Saved the World\, The New Climate War and Our Fragile Moment. \n\n\nDr. Sanya Carley is the Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director of the Kleinman Center and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. She holds secondary appointments at the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also co-directs the Energy Justice Lab and is a Resources for the Future (RFF) university fellow. \nCarley’s research focuses on energy justice and just transitions\, energy insecurity\, electricity and transportation markets\, and public perceptions of energy infrastructure and technologies. With the Energy Justice Lab team\, she built and maintains the Utility Disconnection Dashboard. Carley is an author of the Fifth National Climate Assessment report and a member of the Innovation Policy Forum and the Roundtable on Macroeconomics and Climate-related Risks and Opportunities\, respectively\, for the National Academies. \nPrior to her appointment at Penn\, Carley was a Paul H. O’Neill Professor at Indiana University\, and held administrative positions there as a Chair\, Program Director of the top-ranked Master of Public Affairs program\, and as Associate Vice Provost of Faculty & Academic Affairs. Before academia\, she worked at the World Bank Group as a consultant. \nCarley received her Ph.D. in public policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, her M.S. in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, and bachelor’s degrees in economics and sustainable development from Swarthmore College. \n\n\nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. A recording will be available on the Kleinman Center website the following day. \nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/conservative-and-concerned-about-climate-change-youre-not-alone/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Careers in the Energy Sector: Energy Week Alumni Panel
DESCRIPTION:Accomplished alumni working in the field of energy share insights for preparing for a successful entrance into the energy sector.\n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus.\n \nBrowse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n\n\nPlease join us for a reception at the Kleinman Center following the talk!\nInterested in a career in the energy sector? The Kleinman Center will host a panel discussion between accomplished alumni working in the field of energy which will focus on preparing students for a successful entrance into the energy sector. Panelists will discuss their career trajectories\, the lessons they have learned\, the trends that they observe\, and will offer recommendations to students interested in entering this sector. This program will be an invaluable opportunity for students and advisors. \nThis event is co-sponsored with the Wharton ESG Initiative.  \nModerator \nAlison Knasin\, Manager\, Energy Justice Lab \nSpeakers \nDerek Wong Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs\, Excelerate EnergyKelly-Ann Corrigan Chief Operating Officer\, RunwiseLolita K. Jackson\, Executive Director of Sustainable Cities\, Sustainable Capital LLP \nFind full bios and event details at the Energy Week at Penn website. \nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. \nPlease join us for a reception following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/careers-in-the-energy-sector-energy-week-alumni-panel-4/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Forests to Farmlands: Navigating Tradeoffs in Land Use for Renewable Energy
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore solutions for balancing renewable growth & land use.\n\n\nAs the U.S. accelerates its clean energy transition\, land use conflicts between renewable energy infrastructure and agricultural or forested landscapes have become increasingly important. States are grappling with this challenge in various ways. In Massachusetts the installation of ground-mount solar systems has led to notable losses in forest carbon\, biodiversity\, and agricultural land productivity since 2010. This discussion will examine the tradeoffs involved in siting renewable energy projects in the Northeast and beyond. Join us to explore strategies for scaling solar energy responsibly\, ensuring that we preserve the environmental and cultural values of natural and working lands. \n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\nJonathan Thompson is a forest landscape ecologist whose research focuses on long-term and broad-scale changes in forest ecosystems\, with an emphasis on quantifying how land use – including harvest\, conversion\, and land protection – affects forest ecosystem processes and services. He is the Principal Investigator for the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program\, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and involving more than 100 scientists and students investigating the dynamics of the New England landscape. He also leads the New England Landscape Futures project\, which collaborates with diverse stakeholders from throughout the region to build and evaluate scenarios that show how land-use choices and climate change could shape the landscape over the next 50 years. Thompson holds a PhD in Forest Ecology (2008) and a MS in Forest Policy (2004) from Oregon State University. \nGrace Wu is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara. Before joining UCSB\, Grace was a Smith Conservation Fellow at The Nature Conservancy and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. She was also a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis. She was trained in systems thinking and interdisciplinary approaches in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley. \n\n\nModerator\n\n\nThabo Lenneiye is the inaugural managing director of the Carl H. Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, where she leads research at the intersection of sustainable agriculture\, climate\, and energy policy. Her work focuses on building a comprehensive research agenda that explores how agriculture can address the challenges posed by climate change and the global energy transition. Lenneiye is also a senior fellow with the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School. \nHer experience reflects a deep commitment to societal impact. Before joining the Kleinman Center\, she served as managing director of Penn Praxis\, where she oversaw strategic planning\, business development\, and operations for the applied research center focused on social impact at the University of Pennsylvania. At Gensler\, a global design firm\, she not only worked as an architect and project manager but also collaborated with the executive team to drive initiatives related to justice\, inclusion\, and social impact. Notably\, she led the establishment of Gensler’s Africa practice and supported CEO Diane Hoskins in her role on the Obama Administration’s Presidential Advisory Council for Doing Business in Africa (PACDBIA). Additionally\, she served as the inaugural secretary of the Board for the African Union Pan-African Diaspora Women’s Association from 2017 to 2018. \n\n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n\nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. A recording will be available on the Kleinman Center website the following day. \nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/forests-to-farmlands-navigating-tradeoffs-in-land-use-for-renewable-energy/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Attaining Just (Energy+) Transitions
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the facets of Just Transition\, key challenges\, and opportunities\, with insights from the Scottish Just Transition Commission.\n\n\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the talk!\n\n\nThere is growing consensus that responses to the climate crisis must be embedded in justice thinking\, and that mitigation and adaptation approaches should not create new or entrench old injustices. Just Transitions has emerged in response. \nAccording to the International Labour Organization\, Just Transition refers to greening the economy in a way that is as fair and inclusive as possible to everyone concerned\, creating decent work opportunities and leaving no one behind. Its manifestations are various\, appearing according to one review\, as a (1) a labor-oriented concept\, (2) an integrated framework for justice\, (3) a theory of socio-technical transition\, (4) a governance strategy\, and (5) public perception. Across all forms\, it has seen a rapid surge in both academic and practical popularity through its application to energy dimensions of the climate challenge and more. \nThis talk will introduce state-of-the-art Just Transition thinking\, exploring key barriers to its attainment and galvanizing opportunities. Drawing inspiration from the work of the Scottish Just Transition Commission\, one of the first global groups established to provide independent scrutiny and advice on how to put justice at the heart of climate action\, it also considers one of the biggest challenges in the Just Transition space: how we evaluate and monitor success and failure. \n \nSpeaker\nKirsten Jenkins is a senior lecturer in energy\, environment\, and society within the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Edinburgh\, Scotland. She is a 2024-2025 Kleinman Center Visiting Scholar. Her background is as a sustainable development and human geography scholar\, with research interests that center on energy policy\, energy justice\, Just Transitions\, fuel poverty\, and sustainable energy provision and use. Her work is highly cited internationally and is featured in high-profile outlets\, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on global warming of 1.5°C and numerous government publications. \nAlongside her lectureship\, Jenkins serves as managing editor for the journal Energy Research & Social Science\, and deputy theme champion for the Energy\, People\, Policy\, and Society theme of the Energy Technology Partnership\, amongst other roles. She is a member of the Scottish Government’s Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel and an Adviser to the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero\, Energy\, and Transport Committee. \n \nModerator\nShelley Welton is a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Law and Energy Policy with the Kleinman Center and Penn Carey Law. Welton previously was an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. \nAt the Law School\, Welton teaches environmental law\, climate change law\, and a seminar on Networks\, Platforms\, and Utilities. She also teaches “Introduction to Energy Policy\,” a university-wide graduate course\, for the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. \nWelton’s scholarship focuses on how climate change is transforming energy and environmental governance within the United States and transnationally. Current research projects include exploring a just energy transition for the U.S. south; understanding what lessons the failed nuclear renaissance offers for climate infrastructure development; and investigating grid reliability governance under climate change. Her scholarship has appeared in publications including the Yale Law Journal\, Stanford Law Review\, California Law Review\, Columbia Law Review\, Michigan Law Review\, and Harvard Environmental Law Review. \n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. In accordance with the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines\, masks are optional for all visitors. Boxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/attaining-just-energy-transitions/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Real Reliability: The Value of Virtual Power
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and their potential for facilitating affordable decarbonization of the power sector.\n\n\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the talk!\n\n\nConsumers are adopting clean\, flexible technologies such as smart thermostats\, electric vehicles\, and batteries at a rapid rate. Virtual power plants (VPPs) combine these technologies across participating customers to create a resource that can reduce\, shift\, or generate electricity when needed. By providing these services to the power system\, VPPs can make significant contributions to grid reliability while directly compensating those consumers who participate. This presentation will introduce the concept of VPPs\, describe their potential for facilitating affordable decarbonization of the power sector\, and address barriers to deploying VPPs at scale. \n \nSpeaker\nRyan Hledik is a Principal of The Brattle Group. His consulting practice focuses on regulatory\, planning\, and strategy matters related to emerging energy technologies and policies. Mr. Hledik’s work on the grid edge has been cited in federal and state regulatory decisions\, as well as by Forbes\, National Geographic\, The New York Times\, Vox\, and The Washington Post. He has published more than 30 articles on electricity matters\, presented at industry events in 10 countries\, and assisted clients in matters related to energy storage\, load flexibility\, distributed generation\, electrification\, retail rate design\, energy efficiency\, and grid modernization. Ryan received his M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University\, where he concentrated in Energy Economics and Policy. He received his B.S. in Applied Science from the University of Pennsylvania\, with minors in Economics and Mathematics. \nModerator\nSanya 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. She holds secondary appointments at the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also co-directs the Energy Justice Lab and is a Resources for the Future (RFF) university fellow. \nCarley’s research focuses on energy justice and just transitions\, energy insecurity\, electricity and transportation markets\, and public perceptions of energy infrastructure and technologies. With the Energy Justice Lab team\, she built and maintains the Utility Disconnection Dashboard. Carley is an author of the Fifth National Climate Assessment report and a member of the Innovation Policy Forum and the Roundtable on Macroeconomics and Climate-related Risks and Opportunities\, respectively\, for the National Academies. \n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. In accordance with the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines\, masks are optional for all visitors. Boxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/real-reliability-the-value-of-virtual-power/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Misunderstood Politics of the Energy Transition
DESCRIPTION:David Spence explores how to rescue the U.S. energy transition from voter partisanship.\n\n\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the talk!\n\n\nWhy is the United States struggling to enact policies to reduce carbon emissions? Conventional wisdom holds that the wealthy and powerful are to blame\, as the oligarchs and corporations that wield disproportionate sway over politicians prioritize their short-term financial interests over the climate’s long term health. David B. Spence argues that this top-down narrative misses a more important culprit—with critical consequences for the energy transition. \nSpence’s book\, Climate of Contempt\, offers a voter-centric\, bottom-up explanation of national climate and energy politics\, one that pinpoints bitter partisanship as the key impediment to transitioning to a net-zero carbon future. Members of Congress respond to voters whose animosity toward the opposing party makes compromise politically risky. The most powerful driver of polarization\, in turn\, is the mixture of ideology and social media that constitutes today’s information environment\, which amplifies anger\, spreads half truths and falsehoods\, and sows division\, distorting voters’ understandings of the energy transition and their fellow citizens. \nIn his talk\, Spence explores the effects of polarization\, partisanship\, and propaganda on energy policy and considers how to build a broader climate coalition. He contends that cooperation on this crucial issue is still possible\, but it will require sustained person-to-person engagement across ideological and partisan boundaries to foster a more productive dialogue. Providing a timely and incisive understanding of the politics of the energy transition\, he suggests new paths forward and offers hope for a net-zero future. \n \nSpeaker\nDavid Spence is the Rex G. Baker Chair in Natural Resources Law at the University of Texas School of Law\, and Professor of Business\, Government & Society at UT-Austin’s McCombs School of Business. Professor Spence’s research and teaching focuses on government regulation of the energy industry\, broadly defined to include economic and environmental regulation of the entire energy sector. \nHe is author of Climate of Contempt: Rescuing the Energy Transition from Voter Partisanship (Columbia Univ. Press\, 2024)\, and co-author of the energy law textbook\, Energy\, Economics and the Environment (Foundation Press\, 6th Ed.\, 2023). Professor Spence earned his Ph.D in political science from Duke University\, his J.D. from the University of North Carolina\, and his B.A. from Gettysburg College. \nModerator\nSanya 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. She holds secondary appointments at the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also co-directs the Energy Justice Lab and is a Resources for the Future (RFF) university fellow. \nCarley’s research focuses on energy justice and just transitions\, energy insecurity\, electricity and transportation markets\, and public perceptions of energy infrastructure and technologies. With the Energy Justice Lab team\, she built and maintains the Utility Disconnection Dashboard. Carley is an author of the Fifth National Climate Assessment report and a member of the Innovation Policy Forum and the Roundtable on Macroeconomics and Climate-related Risks and Opportunities\, respectively\, for the National Academies. \n\n\nWe look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. In accordance with the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines\, masks are optional for all visitors. Boxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/the-misunderstood-politics-of-the-energy-transition/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Electricity Bills and Climate Change: Should Energy Hogs Pay More?
DESCRIPTION:Visiting Scholar Severin Borenstein delves into the costs driving up bills\, equitable solutions\, and the debate overburdening “energy hogs”.\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event. For those attending virtually\, a Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event.\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the talk!\n\n\nRapidly rising electricity bills in a few states foreshadow the impact of climate change on utility customers everywhere. What costs are driving those bills and what are the options for covering them? Some alternatives focus on distributing these costs according to wealth or income\, while others would allocate a greater share to the heaviest electricity consumers\, the so-called “energy hogs.” Visiting Scholar Severin Borenstein discusses the equity and economic efficiency implications of each cost recovery approach\, and then takes a closer look at the arguments for having “energy hogs” bear a disproportionate share. \n \nSpeaker\nSeverin Borenstein is E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the Haas School of Business and faculty director of the Energy Institute at Haas. He is also Director emeritus of the University of California Energy Institute (1994-2014). He received his AB from UC Berkeley and PhD in Economics from MIT. His research focuses on business competition\, strategy\, and regulation. He has published extensively on the airline industry\, the oil and gasoline industries\, and electricity markets. His current research projects include the economics of renewable energy\, economic policies for reducing greenhouse gases\, and alternative models of retail electricity pricing. Borenstein is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge\, MA. \nModerator\nSanya Carley is the faculty co-director of the Kleinman Center and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. She holds secondary appointments at the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also co-directs the Energy Justice Lab and is a Resources for the Future (RFF) university fellow. \nCarley’s research focuses on energy justice and just transitions\, energy insecurity\, electricity and transportation markets\, and public perceptions of energy infrastructure and technologies. With the Energy Justice Lab team\, she built and maintains the Utility Disconnection Dashboard. Carley is an author of the Fifth National Climate Assessment report and a member of the Innovation Policy Forum and the Roundtable on Macroeconomics and Climate-related Risks and Opportunities\, respectively\, for the National Academies. \n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. In accordance with the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines\, masks are optional for all visitors. Boxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/electricity-bills-and-climate-change-should-energy-hogs-pay-more/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Can Europe Plug Its Carbon Leaks with the CBAM?
DESCRIPTION:Visiting Scholar Stefan Ambec of the Toulouse School of Economics will review the challenges in the design of the EU’s CBAM.\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event. For those attending virtually\, a Zoom link will be sent out the day of the event.\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the talk!\n\n\nOn the path to achieving carbon neutrality\, the European Union (EU) has recently adopted a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to address carbon leakage from international trade. Visiting Scholar Stefan Ambec of the Toulouse School of Economics will review the challenges in the design of the EU’s CBAM and discuss its impact on competitiveness\, trade\, carbon pricing\, carbon emissions and the welfare. \nSpeaker\nStefan Ambec is INRAE Research Professor at Toulouse School of Economics where he leads the TSE Energy and Climate Center. He is Editor-in-Chief for Resource and Energy Economics. His research focuses on the impacts of environmental policies: about their efficiency\, fairness properties\, their effect on firms’ strategies\, on the welfare of citizens and their behavior. Topics include the energy transition\, water use\, air quality and climate change. \n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. In accordance with the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines\, masks are optional for all visitors. Boxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/can-europe-plug-its-carbon-leaks-with-the-cbam/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunchtime conversation with climate and environmental champion Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.\n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n\nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the event! \n\n\nThroughout his tenure in the Senate\, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has been a vocal advocate for climate action\, consistently pushing for policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing the impacts of climate change. On the Senate floor\, he has delivered nearly 300 “Time to Wake Up” speeches\, which highlight the scientific consensus surrounding climate and the urgency of action needed. \nSenator Whitehouse has supported measures to invest in renewable energy\, improve energy efficiency\, and reduce carbon emissions. He has also been a strong supporter of international efforts to combat climate change\, including the Paris Agreement\, and has called for greater U.S. leadership on the global stage. He has been a vocal critic of climate change denialism\, pushing back against misinformation and advocating for evidence-based policymaking. \nSenator Whitehouse will discuss his efforts around climate and energy policy\, followed by a moderated question and answer session. If you wish to propose a question for consideration\, please submit it with your registration. \nSpeaker \nSenator Sheldon Whitehouse has earned a reputation in the Senate as a fierce advocate for progressive values and a thoughtful legislator capable of reaching across the aisle to achieve bipartisan solutions. \nSenator Whitehouse has been at the center of bipartisan efforts to pass laws overhauling federal education policy\, rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure\, reforming the criminal and juvenile justice systems\, protecting Americans from toxic chemicals in everyday products\, and addressing ocean plastic waste. \nRecognizing the devastating toll of addiction in Rhode Island and across the nation\, Whitehouse authored the first significant bipartisan law to address the opioid crisis\, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. \nRepresenting the Ocean State\, Whitehouse plays a key role in crafting policies addressing climate change\, environmental protection\, and a price on carbon. He passed into law a dedicated fund to support ocean and coastal research and restoration and bipartisan legislation to confront the crisis of marine plastic and other waste polluting our oceans. He has worked to enact bipartisan measures to reduce carbon pollution and boost America’s clean energy economy. \nWhitehouse has stood as a staunch defender of Social Security and Medicare\, and has made improving care and reducing costs in our health care system a hallmark of his career. To counteract the corrosive effects of special interests in our democracy\, Whitehouse has championed efforts to root out dark money from our elections and make Congress and the courts accountable to the American people. \nA graduate of Yale University and the University of Virginia School of Law\, Sheldon served as Rhode Island’s U.S. Attorney and state attorney general before being elected to the Senate\, where he serves on the Finance Committee\, the Judiciary Committee\, the Environment and Public Works Committee\, and the Budget Committee. \n\n\nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum. \nBoxed lunches will be available to go following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/a-conversation-with-senator-sheldon-whitehouse/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Careers in the Energy Sector: Energy Week Alumni Panel
DESCRIPTION:Accomplished alumni working in the field of energy share insights for preparing for a successful entrance into the energy sector.\n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n \nPlease join us for a reception at the Kleinman Center following the talk!\n\n\nInterested in a career in the energy sector? The Kleinman Center will host a panel discussion between accomplished alumni working in the field of energy which will focus on preparing students for a successful entrance into the energy sector. Panelists will discuss their career trajectories\, the lessons they have learned\, the trends that they observe\, and will offer recommendations to students interested in entering this sector. This program will be an invaluable opportunity for students and advisors. \nModerator \nScott Kleinman is Co-President of Apollo Global Management\, Inc. and founding donor of the Kleinman Center. \nSpeakers  \nAseem Kapur\, Director of Ultium Commercial and Utility Programs\, General MotorsRob Ritchie\, Director of Energy Storage\, Nexamp \nFind full bios and event details at the Energy Week at Penn website. \n\n\nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum.  \nPlease join us for a reception following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/careers-in-the-energy-sector-energy-week-alumni-panel-3/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Decarbonizing the Industrial Sector: Policy Oversight
DESCRIPTION:Senior Fellow Danny Cullenward discusses the Biden administration’s use of incentive-based industrial policy in the energy transition\n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n \nPlease join us for a reception at the Kleinman Center following the talk!\n\n\nThe Biden administration is presiding over a fundamental shift in climate policy strategy\, having embraced a series of incentive-based industrial policy measures as the primary means by which to accelerate the clean energy transition. The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are mobilizing massive public and private capital flows\, but the mechanisms by which these laws are transforming the investment landscape involve distinct legal authorities and institutional capacities that are distributed across state and federal agencies. The resulting system of governance is fragmented and under-theorized in the research community. As the initial implementation of tax credits and investment programs rolls out\, this talk aims to categorize the different mechanisms of policy interventions and identify key research needs to inform an evidence-based strategy for implementing green industrial policy. \nSpeaker \nDanny Cullenward is a climate economist and lawyer focused on the design and implementation of scientifically grounded climate policy. His book\, Making Climate Policy Work (with David G. Victor)\, shows how political forces make green industrial policy more effective than carbon pricing. \nCullenward is a Senior Fellow with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, a Research Fellow with the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy at American University\, and the Vice Chair of California’s Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee. He previously held research and teaching appointments at UC Berkeley\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\, the Carnegie Institution for Science\, and Stanford University. \nHis academic research has been published in Science and Nature as well as top field journals in ecology\, energy economics\, and climate policy. He has been involved in dozens of legal and public policy processes with state\, federal\, international\, and private sector regulators\, and has given invited expert testimony at nine legislative hearings in California. His research\, public policy analysis\, and commentary is often featured in leading media outlets\, including nationally televised segments on HBO and CBS News. \nCullenward holds a JD from Stanford Law School and a PhD in Environment and Resources from Stanford University\, where he also earned an MS in Management Science and Engineering and a BS with interdisciplinary honors in Earth Systems. \nFind full bios and event details at the Energy Week at Penn website. \n\n\nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum.  \nPlease join us for a reception following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/decarbonizing-the-industrial-sector-policy-oversight/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Accelerating to Net Zero: Fueling the Clean Energy Transition
DESCRIPTION:Anna Siefken\, deputy director of the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)\, shares her expertise and insight.\n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n\nAs our planet inches closer to the maximum warming target of 1.5 C\, signaling a point of no return\, governments across the world are called upon to accelerate climate action and set aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. This unprecedented urgency requires us to prioritize sectors where focused action will have the most significant impact. \nCutting emissions in the building sector is key to addressing the climate crisis. Buildings contribute an even higher percentage of the United States’ GHG emissions when factoring in construction materials and refrigerants. As a result\, the Biden Administration has set an ambitious goal–for all new building construction and retrofits to reach zero emissions by 2030\, establishing a resilient and standard practice for our nation’s clean energy future. These efforts\, led by the Department of Energy (DOE)\, will generate savings for consumers\, expand economic opportunities\, and reduce climate-related financial risk. But how will this impact the global economy\, and what role does industry play? \nAnna Siefken\, deputy director of DOE’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)\, discusses the Biden administration’s strategy for the clean energy transition\, and what it means for our future workforce. Under President Biden’s leadership\, the Department of Energy is deploying an unprecedented set of tools aimed at enabling American businesses\, workers\, and consumers to participate in the clean energy economy. She will also explain how FEMP enables our nation’s largest energy consumer–the federal government–to leverage its annual purchasing power of $630 billion to transition its portfolio of 300\,000 buildings totaling $3B square feet to carbon pollution-free electricity and its 600\,000 cars and trucks to zero-emission vehicles. Learn how these programs are driving a boom in American manufacturing\, creating new green jobs\, fueling economic growth\, and helping the United States lead the world toward a clean energy future. \n\n\nSpeaker \nAnna J. Siefken is the deputy director of the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). As LEED AP BD+C\, Anna has spent her career making the business case for industrial efficiency\, climatetech innovation\, and building performance as a means to address the world’s energy challenges and the global urgency of climate change. She is Deputy Director for the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Infrastructure. She concurrently serves as Delegate to represent the United States on Mission Innovation’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) with oversight on Zero Emission Shipping\, Industrial Decarbonization\, and the Green Powered Future. Previously\, Siefken was Senior Advisor and Commercialization Executive to the Department’s Office of Technology Transitions\, where she championed long duration energy storage (LDES) deployment through public-private partnerships with industry. Since 2020\, she has been an appointed U.S. DOE Ambassador for Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E)\, a position she serves at the request of the U.S. Secretary of Energy. \nBefore joining DOE\, Siefken was the inaugural Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Energy Institute\, which the American Energy Society designated as among the “Top 10 Energy Elites.” She led the Institute to uncover breakthrough technologies to accelerate the transition to a sustainable\, low carbon energy future. Siefken worked extensively to develop the climatetech innovation ecosystem\, with aligned start-ups capturing more than $313M in follow-on funding during her tenure. Prior\, Siefken was VP of Strategic Engagement and 2030 District Director for one of the largest chapters of the U.S. Green Building Council. Before that role\, she was Principal and Officer at ICF\, and Global Product Merchant for Energy and the Environment at The Home Depot. Siefken is a graduate of Duke University. \nModerator \nSanya Carley is the faculty co-director of the Kleinman Center and Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design. She holds secondary appointments at the Wharton School and the School of Social Policy and Practice. She also co-directs the Energy Justice Lab and is a Resources for the Future (RFF) university fellow. \nCarley’s research focuses on energy justice and just transitions\, energy insecurity\, electricity and transportation markets\, and public perceptions of energy infrastructure and technologies. With the Energy Justice Lab team\, she built and maintains the Utility Disconnection Dashboard. Carley is an author of the Fifth National Climate Assessment report and a member of the Innovation Policy Forum and the Roundtable on Macroeconomics and Climate-related Risks and Opportunities\, respectively\, for the National Academies. \nPrior to her appointment at Penn\, Carley was a Paul H. O’Neill Professor at Indiana University\, and held administrative positions there as a Chair\, Program Director of the top-ranked Master of Public Affairs program\, and as Associate Vice Provost of Faculty & Academic Affairs. \nIntroduction  \nElla Siefken is a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. She has three years of research and professional engineering experience focused on industrial energy generation\, specifically nuclear at Westinghouse Electric Company. \n\n\nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum.
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LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Human Rights and Climate-Driven Migration: A Conversation with Dean Atuguba
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fireside chat exploring the intersection of human rights\, climate change\, and immigration in the global south.\n\n\nThis event is a part of Energy Week at Penn\, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu\n \nPlease join us for a reception at the Kleinman Center following the talk!\n\n\nJoin us for a fireside chat exploring the intersection of human rights\, climate change\, and immigration in the global south with one of this year’s University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Bok Visiting International Professors\, Dean Raymon Atuguba of the University of Ghana Law School. The discussion will explore the relationship between these pressing global issues and their impacts: how climate change exacerbates humanitarian crises\, triggers migration flows\, and tests human rights protections. Through insightful dialogue\, we will navigate the ethical\, legal\, and socio-political dimensions inherent in addressing the interconnected challenges of environmental degradation\, forced displacement\, and the protection of vulnerable populations in the global south.  \nSpeaker \nRaymond Atuguba is currently the Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law\, where he has taught since 2002. He has been a Visiting Professor of Law and the Henry J. Steiner Visiting Professor of Human Rights at Harvard Law School (2018–2019)\, and has taught over 40 related courses at several universities in Africa\, Europe\, the United States of America\, Canada\, and Australia. His research interests are in constitutional and administrative law in the global south; law and development in Africa; and human rights and community lawyering. \nA graduate of the University of Ghana and of Harvard Law School – where he obtained a master of laws degree and did doctoral studies\, Professor Atuguba has also worked in the public sector (he was one time the Executive Secretary to the President of Ghana); the private sector (he was the Team Leader of Law and Development Associates (LADA) and Managing Partner of Atuguba and Associates); and the non-profit sector (he is co-founder and former Executive Director and former Board Chair of the Legal Resources Centre). \nHe has consulted for many African governments (The Gambia\, Ghana\, Guinea Bissau\, Lesotho\, Liberia\, Sierra Leone\, Uganda\, Zimbabwe\, etc.) and major international development agencies and NGOs (The UN\, UNDP\, UN-OHCR\, UNICEF\, UNHCR\, UNODC\, UNMIL\, The World Bank\, ILO\, IOM\, EU\, AU\, ECOWAS\, USAID\, DFID\, GIZ\, DANIDA\, FES\, KAF\, ICHRP\, OXFAM\, IBIS\, IIED\, ActionAid International\, Human Rights Watch\, Human Rights First\, CARE International\, Plan International\, OSI\, OSIWA\, etc.) and led or co-led over 50 training programmes and workshops. He has also chaired or sat on over 75 boards and committees\, national and international. \n \nModerator\nFernando Chang-Muy is a lawyer\, activist\, and strategic business and leadership adviser. He is the Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law. He also teaches courses at the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice on topics such as US Immigration Law\, International Human Rights and Refugee Law\, and Nonprofit Leadership. \nHe has expansive\, parallel careers in immigration and refugee law\, higher education\, philanthropy\, and leadership development: he served as Legal Officer with both the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO)\, AIDS Program. He also served as the first director of Swarthmore College’s Intercultural Center\, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs\, advisor to the Provost on Equal Opportunity\, and lecturer on International Human Rights in the Peace and Conflict Studies. \nIn addition to teaching\, he combines his experience in academia and operations\, as principal and founder of Solutions International\, providing independent management consulting\, facilitation and training to philanthropic institutions\, nonprofit organizations and government agencies. His areas of expertise include designing and facilitating large group\, action-focused strategic planning processes\, board governance retreats\, staff internal communications systems\, and resource development plans and individual donor campaigns. \nHe currently serves on the Board of The Philadelphia Foundation. He is co-editor of Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees (2nd ed. NY: Springer Publication\, 2016) and contributing author to diverse publications. He is a graduate of Loyola\, Georgetown\, Antioch\, and Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. He is a recipient of both the 2011 and 2018 Penn Law Public Interest Supervisor/Advisor of the Year Award honoring outstanding project supervisors. and advisors; and the 2016 recipient of the Law School Beacon Award\, recognizing exemplary commitment to pro bono work by a Penn Law faculty member. \nFind full bios and event details at the Energy Week at Penn website. \n\n\nPlease note this is an in-person event. We look forward to welcoming guests to the Kleinman Center’s Energy Forum.  \nPlease join us for a reception following the event!
URL:https://gridphilly.com/event/human-rights-and-climate-driven-migration-a-conversation-with-dean-atuguba/
LOCATION:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy\, 220 S. 34th St.\, University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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