The event will feature captivating presentations on concepts and solutions that could help shape Metro’s long-range strategies for energy resiliency. Metro will facilitate a discussion with our director, J.R. DeShazo, and other experts across a range of sectors, including government, industry, and academia to discuss regional context and challenges surrounding resiliency.
With the election, pandemic and social justice top of mind, we are thinking about civic space and how society reconnects.
With prospects of improved testing, a vaccine, and potential changes in leadership, how might transportation, public spaces, and neighborhoods evolve? How can urban design affect public health, economics, education and civic life? How can our streets, the primary open spaces in many areas, better accommodate a variety of community needs?
Join our partner, the Aspen Global Change Institute, for this new workshop that will develop a practice-driven research agenda on urban heat resilience. The Luskin Center's Associate Director V. Kelly Turner is proudly serving on the organizing committee. While parts of the event are invite-only, the following portions are open to the public. Call for […]
Join our partners for this event on the 2045 Carbon Neutrality Studies. In these studies, The Luskin Center for Innovation is serving on the research team and evaluating the workforce impacts from this energy transition.
UCLA students will learn about student funding opportunities and research that shapes equitable, effective, and innovative environmental policy and other sustainability solutions for the health of people and the planet.
As global temperatures continue to rise, how can the United States better support climate adaptation through its foreign policies? Join us for this conversation with leading government and academic leaders on October 28th to explore the role of legislation, the military, and environmental equity frameworks to advance the country’s national security goals.
This webinar will feature new research on how CCAs have exceeded California’s renewable energy targets and how rapid CCA growth has resulted in investor-owned utilities to also outpace California’s requirements for renewable energy. Then a discussion with energy leaders in California will address opportunities, concerns, and recommendations for the future of CCAs, clean energy policy, and system reliability in California and beyond.
Join the UCLA Water Resources Group for a conversation with the experts about the legacy of ocean pollution on the California coast in an era of human-driven change.
Wildfires ravaged an unprecedented amount of California in the past 12 months. This session will explore the impacts of wildfires on health, low-income housing, and small water systems, as well as highlight innovative tactics to increase resiliency, especially for populations that are most vulnerable to wildfire.
The pandemic has proved the importance of public parks for our physical and mental well-being, as well as the environmental health of our communities. During this watershed moment, new funding and initiatives offer an opportunity to improve access to public spaces for all. This discussion will illuminate new pathways to increase park equity in Los Angeles and beyond.
