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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.
UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation releases Strategic Roadmap
Journeying through 15 years of impact, our priorities for the next few years, and opportunities to partner
UCLA LCI joins international team to support community-driven energy transition planning
A coalition of universities and community organizations aims to integrate justice principles into local efforts.
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.
La acción climática impulsada por la comunidad genera beneficios económicos
Nuevos informes de UCLA documentan cómo las inversiones del estado en Transformative Climate Communities traen ganancias financieras para hogares, trabajadores y la economía local.
Community-driven climate action spurs economic benefits
New reports from UCLA document how state investments in Transformative Climate Communities reap financial wins for households, workers, and the local economy.
UCLA to guide the prioritization and evaluation of equity strategies for LADWP’s clean energy transition
New engaged research builds on LCI’s past affordability recommendations.
Effectively communicating about heat risk requires deep community engagement
To reach heat-impacted communities, LCI report recommends heat communicators combine outreach strategies into targeted campaigns.
2023 Impact Report: Our New Era of Shaping Effective and Equitable Environmental Policy Solutions
A brief, interactive summary of select environmental policy impacts in 2023
UCLA guides LADWP as it pursues the first equity-focused clean energy transition
LCI’s first-of-its-kind study includes recommendations on how to expand low-income customer protections
Harker School Staff Photographer / Wikimedia Commons
Researchers equip policymakers to protect students from extreme heat
LCI releases fact sheets and visuals to inform policy and funding decisions for heat-resilient K-12 schools
Welcome to our new associate project manager, Lauren Dunlap
Learn more about her research at the nexus of energy justice and climate adaptation
Investments facilitate community-led climate action
New progress reports from UCLA show how the Transformative Climate Communities program deepens capacity in California communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis
Shining a light on hidden corners of environmental injustice
Catherine Coleman Flowers fights for the health and dignity of rural communities where water and sanitation systems are failing
V. Kelly Turner / Luskin Center for Innovation
California’s K-12 education system is under-prepared for rising temperatures
Heat makes it harder for students to learn and for teachers to teach. Previous research supported by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation quantified how these effects exacerbate educational and racial inequalities.
New roadmap sets forth path toward comprehensively assessing the nation’s drinking water quality for the first time
UCLA Luskin researchers and Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated plan to implement the recommendations over the next five years
Welcome to our new climate action researcher, Samantha Astudillo
Learn more about our newest team member and her research
Celebrating our impact in 2022
Meet our new faculty director and explore our actionable research for a sustainable future in our new Impact Report
New shade shelter prototype aims to keep transit riders cool
Community-driven research strives to prevent heat-related illnesses
California needs a people-focused and equity-driven approach to address extreme heat
New research aims to further inform the state’s heat planning, legislative and budget decisions
Transformative Climate Communities Build Resilience During Pandemic
New UCLA reports find that local knowledge, partnerships and trust that TCC partners have in their communities allowed them to identify changing needs and respond quickly during the pandemic.
