With input from nearly every school and a focus on the interplay of the climate emergency with social justice issues and the global pandemic, the organizers of the week’s dozens of events urge the Penn community to participate, to learn—and then to act.
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Climate Week offers something for ‘every member of the Penn community’ by Katherine Unger Baillie
With input from nearly every school and a focus on the interplay of the climate emergency with social justice issues and the global pandemic, the organizers of the week’s dozens of events urge the Penn community to participate, to learn—and then to act.
With fires ravaging the American West and Amazon rainforest and a suite of named storms looming in the Atlantic Ocean, many people are focused on climate change.
A week’s worth of online events, aimed at engaging the entire Penn community, will examine the interplay of climate change, COVID, and social injustice.
Meanwhile other events of the past several months, namely a renewed attention on racism and social injustice as well as the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, have also received considerable attention.
How these issues intersect and influence each another provides the theme for the inaugural Climate Week at Penn, to be held Sept. 21-25. With support from Provost Wendell Pritchett’s office and participation from many areas of the University, the week’s events supply touchpoints for students, staff, faculty, and other community members to engage.
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https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/climate-week-offers-something-every-member-penn-community
https://climateweek.provost.upenn.edu