In its 2023–24 theme year, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy explored the risks posed by climate change to democratic norms, as well as the capacity of democratic institutions to address the issue. While it is possible to imagine a future in which natural disasters and democratic failures compound one another, the Center asked how climate solutions and democratic values might reinforce each other and lead to greater political and environmental resilience.

An online certificate program in climate change offered by the College of Liberal and Professional Studies (LPS), Penn’s home of lifelong learning, offers students with diverse academic and professional backgrounds a pathway to develop skills and expertise that are critical to effective policies that reduce risk and better adapt to a changing environment.

Penn Development Research Initiative-DevLab focuses on social, political, and economic challenges affecting people in developing countries. Their research program is addressing impacts of climate change on internal and external migration, and the how climate-induced migration is contributing to the problem of human trafficking.