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  • Book Talk

Confronting Climate Change

Please join the Penn Libraries and the Environmental Innovations Initiative for a talk by Daniel Cohan, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University.

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October 15, 2025, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
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Class of '55 Conference Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, Second Floor
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Open to the Public
Confronting Climate Gridlock book cover

Cohan has written more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, 75 popular media articles, and the book Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future (Yale University Press, 2022), which won second prize for the Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award.

This event is presented as part of Climate Week at Penn.

About the Speaker

Daniel Cohan, who served on EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors, received a B.A. in applied mathematics from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in atmospheric science from Georgia Tech, and served as a Fulbright Scholar to Australia. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and has written more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, 75 popular media articles, and the book Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future (Yale University Press, 2022), which won second prize for the Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award.

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