The Wharton Energy Network maintains an active collaboration with the Wharton Business, Climate, and Environment Lab.
The Business, Climate, and Environment Lab supports cutting edge research, provides thought leadership, and brings together stakeholders from academia, government, communities, and the private sector to design smart public and private sector policies related to topics such as climate change, renewable energy, air and water pollution, waste disposal, biodiversity, and deforestation.
Arthur A. van Benthem, Associate Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy, and Sarah E. Light, Associate Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics, are the faculty members responsible for leading the Business, Climate, and Environment Lab.
Recent Thought Leadership:
A Climate Resilience Roadmap for the Next Administration (2020), by Carolyn Kousky, Executive Director, Wharton Risk Center
How the Biden Administration Could Tackle Climate Change (2020), Knowledge@Wharton interview with Brian Berkey, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
Making a Case for Climate Change Adaptation (2020), Wharton Magazine piece highlighting how business leaders are considering the effects of climate change on their bottom lines and long-term financial health.
When Going Green Doesn’t Go as Planned (2020), Wharton Magazine featurette titled “At the Whiteboard With Arthur van Benthem”
What the COVID-19 Curve Can Teach Us about Climate Change (2020), Knowledge@Wharton interview with Howard Kunreuther, James G. Dinan Professor Emeritus of Operations, Information and Decisions; Co-Director, Wharton Risk Center
Curbing Climate Change: 30 Solutions That Could Make an Impact (2019), profiling a report developed by the Wharton Risk Center, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, the Penn Program on Regulation, and the Penn Faculty Senate
BCE Lab Contributing Wharton Scholars:
Arthur van Benthem - Faculty Lead
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Research Areas: Energy Policy; Environmental Policy; Transportation Policy
Sarah E. Light - Faculty Lead
Associate Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics
Research Areas: Climate Law & Policy; Environmental Law & Policy; Private Environmental Governance
Jose Miguel (Mike) Abito
Assistant Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy
Research Areas: Industrial Organization; Regulation; Environmental Economics
Brian Berkey
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics
Research Areas: Climate Ethics; Climate Justice; Animal Ethics
Susanna Berkouwer
Assistant Professor in Business Economics & Public Policy
Research Areas: Development Economics; Environmental Economics
Witold Henisz
Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management
Research Areas: Climate Risk Disclosure; Materiality & Management of ESG Factors
Rowan Family Foundation Associate Professor of Real Estate
Research Areas: Property Markets; Housing Markets; Mortgage Markets
Steven Kimbrough
Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions
Research Areas: Risk & Uncertainty; Deep Decarbonation Pathways; Market Design
Carolyn Kousky
Executive Director, Wharton Risk Management Center
Research Areas: Disaster Insurance; Natural Disaster Policy; Climate Adaptation
Howard Kunreuther
Co-Director, Wharton Risk Management Center
Research Areas: Disaster Insurance; Communication of Climate Risks; Climate Change Policy
Penny Liao
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wharton Risk Management Center
Research Areas: Natural Disaster Impacts & Policy; Environmental Policy
John Paul MacDuffie
Professor of Management, Management Department
Research Areas: Vehicle & Mobility Innovations; Urban Transportation; Environmental Law & Policy
Philip Mulder
Contributing Scholar, Wharton Risk Management Center
Research Areas: Public economics and environmental risks and climate change in urban environments.
Eric W. Orts
Guardsmark Professor of Legal Studies; Management
Research Areas: Environmental Law and Policy; Environmental Management & Governance