| In-Person

Confronting Climate Change

Wednesday
October 15, 2025
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Class of ’55 Conference Room in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
Confronting Climate Gridlock book cover

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.

Cohan has written more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, 75 popular media articles, and the bookConfronting 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.

Speakers

Daniel Cohan

Daniel Cohan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Rice University

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 bookConfronting 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.