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For the Press: UCLA research and commentary on the LA fire response and recovery
Our experts are available to comment on: 1) Water Supply and Urban Water Systems; 2) Air Quality and Public Health Impacts from Wildfires; 3) Land Use and Governance Considerations for Recovery; 4) Politics of Disaster and Response; and 5) Climate Whiplash and Extreme Weather
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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.
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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
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UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation’s Strategic Roadmap
Join us on our journey to inform effective and equitable environmental policy
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LCI develops an equity framework to identify and invest in plastic-burdened communities
The plastic pollution exposure crisis is an environmental justice issue
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Policy Brief – EJ Framework for Informing Plastic Pollution Mitigation Investments
Authors: Veronica Herrera and Daniel Coffee
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LCI 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
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What Defines a Plastic-Burdened Community?
An environmental justice framework for identifying exposure disparities and informing mitigation investment
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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
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