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Public Policy for Innovation in the Digital Age: Crowdsourcing, Paywalls, and the Future of News

PUBLIC POLICY FOR INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE SERIESCrowdsourcing, Paywalls, and the Future of NewsVIEW HIGHLIGHTS, PHOTOS, AND VIDEOModeratorJohn Villasenor Professor of Electrical Engineering and Public Policy, UCLAPanelistsTorie Bosch Future Tense editor, Slate/New America FoundationJames Rainey Political Writer, Los Angeles TimesDean Schaffer Producer, AllvoicesRuss Stanton Vice President of Content, Southern California Public RadioThe Internet and social […]

US-AUSTRALIAN DIALOGUE ON WATER

This event will bring together Australian and US Experts to challenge existingthinking on water issues and to explore twenty-first century solutions.Topics for Discussion Include:Global Water Management by 2050How will Sydney and Los Angeles Manage Water in 2050?Integrating Recycled WaterStormwater Capture for Water Supply by 2050For more information CLICK HERETo Register: CLICK HERE 

Dr Renée Kidson on Accounting for Carbon – National Greenhouse Gas Inventories & International Reporting

The United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the leading international treaty for action on climate change. Parties to the Convention, including the US & Australia, must submit annually a national greenhouse gas inventory, which tracks emissions and their various sources over time. The Kyoto Protocol to the Convention also requires parties to commit […]

IoES/Luskin Research Seminar: Glen MacDonald

“Droughtthat has altered past societies: What can they tell us about today?"About the speaker:Glen M. MacDonald  is a UCLA Distinguished Professor, a UC Presidential Chair and Director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment. He is also a Professor of Geography and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. His research focuses on climate […]

Lisa Jackson on Transforming our Common Environment and Energy Futures: Perspectives on the Journey from Public Servant to Private Citizen

An Oppenheim Lecture featuring Lisa Jackson, Vice President, Environmental Initiatives, Apple and Former Administrator, US Environmental Protection AgencyRSVP by Wednesday, February 5, 2014- Reservations are required6:00 pm Light Reception7:00 pm LectureLisa Jackson started her public career as a chemical engineer working in government.  Twenty years later, Ms. Jackson was President Obama’s choice to lead the […]

UCLA Green Building Symposium – Building Better Places

FREE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE HEREKorn Convocation Hall, Entrepreneurs Hall, 3rd FloorUCLA Anderson School of Management 12:30PM to 1:00PM   – Registration1:00PM to 3:00PM    – Keynote, Panel Presentation, Audience Q&A3:00PM to 4:00PM    – Reception, Entrepreneurs Hall Atrium, 2nd Floor.**********KEYNOTEJeffrey T. Mezger, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, KB HomeMODERATORDavid Hodgins, President and CEO, Sustento Group, LCCPANELISTSMatthew E. Kahn, Director of Research, UCLA […]

IoES/Luskin Research Seminar: Miriam Golden

“Climate Change, Public Health andViolence in Arctic Canada”Exploiting the differential impact of climate change on the 25 Inuit villages in the territory of Nunavut, Canada whose location spans a north-south distance of 3,000 kilometers allows a natural experiment of the effects of changes in the ice melt on human communities. Using data from quarterly police incident […]

SB 535 Workshop: Investment Justice Through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

With billions of dollars expected for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (the Fund), California has a tremendous opportunity to make smart investments that will combat climate change while maximizing environmental, public health and economic benefits for disadvantaged communities. SB 535 (de Leόn) requires that at least 25 percent of the moneys in the Fund go to […]

Envronmental Forum – Hosted by Assemblymember Mike Gatto

Assemblymember Mike Gatto, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy invite you to a FREE seminar on how current trends will affect future decisions in our community, in everything from development, transportation, and the food we eat.Californians are facing serious threats […]

The California-Quebec Adventure: Linking Cap and Trade as a Path to Global Climate Action?

A symposium on the recent linkage of the California and Quebec cap-and-trade programs and its implication for broader international climate cooperationClick here to RSVP for this event Click here for directions to this eventAt the beginning of this year, California and Quebec linked their greenhouse gas cap-and-trade programs.  This means that sources of greenhouse gases in each […]