UCLA experts guide commission’s L.A. fire recovery and rebuilding recommendations
Led by the Luskin Center for Innovation, more than 40 scholars contributed their expertise to the independent commission, which issued its final recommendations today.
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Turning Data into Dialogue: Luskin Center for Innovation-Inspired Art Exhibit Brings Shade Equity to Life
Roots of Cool: A Celebration of Trees and Shade in a Warming World, a new exhibition running from July 12 to October 12 at Descanso Gardens, brings shade equity to life through a multisensory art experience.
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation provides an early overview of how LA’s water systems and their residents were impacted by the 2025 wildfires
From boil-water advisories to direct infrastructure damage, findings underscore the need for equitable and resilient recovery.
UCLA Luskin Summit 2025: A Vision for Equitable Recovery After the LA Fires
The UCLA Luskin Summit 2025 brought experts together to explore pathways to equitable and resilient rebuilding in the wake of the LA Fires.
UCLA partners with new independent Blue Ribbon Commission for climate-resilient L.A. fire recovery
UCLA scholars will provide research-informed options to inform policy recommendations to rebuild, retrofit, and catalyze climate-resiliency investments.
On the fires, from UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
In the coming weeks, we will work with our colleagues at UCLA and partners across the region to help shape efforts that expedite recovery while advancing equity and resilience in our rapidly changing environment.
The Luskin Center for Innovation-based Center for Heat Resilient Communities is now accepting applications
The Center will engage and support 10 communities and tribal entities in determining the best strategies for local heat mitigation and management.
The Luskin Center for Innovation develops an equity framework to identify and invest in plastic-burdened communities
The plastic pollution exposure crisis is an environmental justice issue.
The Luskin Center for Innovation co-hosts the first-ever Southern California urban forest equity symposium
With more than 170 researchers, practitioners, community members, and representatives from government and nonprofit organizations
UCLA Documents a Model for Community-Led Climate Action
This video highlights three CA Transformative Climate Communities leading comprehensive, collaborative, equitable, and innovative climate action.