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New Solutions-Focused Lab Aims to Further Advance Access to Affordable, Safe Water
UCLA’s Human Right to Water Solutions Lab expands research across the country to support policy, advocacy and civic leadership.
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Join Our Team! We’re Hiring a Manager of Climate Action Research
We’re hiring a proactive, collaborative leader to facilitate climate action research and amplify its impact.
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How Can California Protect Its Water Supply From Wildfire?
Stakeholders from across disciplines and institutions offer recommendations to ensure safe, reliable water supply amid a growing wildfire threat.
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Gas Bill Debt Disproportionately Burdens Low-Income Neighborhoods
As California’s utility shutoff ban ends, UCLA research shows where unpaid gas utility bills proliferated amid the pandemic.
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State can do more to protect Californians from extreme heat
Top environmental policy experts say a comprehensive approach is needed to deal with state’s deadliest global-warming side effect
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LCI Aims to Help Shape President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative
Report by Luskin Center for Innovation provides framework for environmental justice in disadvantaged communities.
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Turner and Colleagues Receive Grant to Pinpoint Sources of Heat Injustice
Through modeling, data and storytelling, researchers will explore why historically redlined neighborhoods face extreme heat burdens today.
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Researchers Call for Attention to ‘Heat Governance’ to Protect Those Most at Risk from Extreme Heat
V. Kelly Turner and coauthors outline necessary components of an equitable strategy to address extreme heat
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Symposium Convenes Climate Adaptation Experts Amid Intensifying Heat, Fires and Floods
With 24 virtual sessions, the symposium featured the research and expertise of 98 speakers across the social sciences, including economics, geography, public health, urban planning and public policy.
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California’s Historic Electric Vehicle Carbon Reduction Strategy Must Put Equity First or Risk Falling Short of Benchmarks
First of its kind UCLA study released as state lawmakers consider Governor Newsom’s budget proposal, which includes $1.5 billion to zero-emission vehicle expansion.