INSTITUTE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Launching global environmental solutions from urban Los Angeles
MAGAZINE
Environmental Science seniors partnered with organizations across California to tackle real-world challenges, presenting research and solutions while celebrating 20 years of UCLA’s signature capstone practicum.
As extreme heat becomes California’s deadliest climate threat, UCLA and Los Angeles County are training community health workers to serve as “heat ambassadors,” bringing life-saving information and resources directly to vulnerable residents. The LARC-HEAT program aims to build neighborhood resilience through trusted, person-to-person outreach.
Ursula K. Heise, distinguished professor at UCLA with cross-appointments in the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary society.
Rachel Sheinberg, a Ph.D. candidate at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) graduating this year, studies a critical challenge in the clean energy transition: who benefits, and who could be left behind.
EVENTS
Join us in-person (or via Zoom webinar) in celebrating the achievements of our Environmental Science seniors as they present the results of yearlong research projects developed in partnership with leading…
Congratulations to the UCLA IoES Class of 2026. We look forward to the impact you’ll make in building a more sustainable, resilient world.
EDUCATION
This innovative, dual-component program offers both breadth and depth through a solid foundation in natural science and a focus on understanding environmental issues across earth, atmospheric, life and social sciences.
Alumni played major roles in global sustainability efforts across six decades
RESEARCH
We leverage connections and partnerships throughout the UCLA network to focus teams of diverse talents on today’s most urgent problems.
As communities look toward recovering from the Palisades and Eaton Fires, there is growing recognition that simply restoring the legacy energy systems may not be the safest or most sustainable path forward.
This third annual report on the State of Corporate Sustainability Disclosure provides a comprehensive analysis of how S&P 500 companies are disclosing climate-related information based on 20 core metrics tracked by UCLA’s Open for Good Initiative.
Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles is a creative film project that repurposes the game engine and design of the video game Grand Theft Auto V to explore possible eco-futures of Los Angeles in the year 2050.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) selected the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, with support from LARC, to facilitate a Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Data Working Group.
GIVING
State funding cannot cover everything we want to accomplish – we rely on endowments, grants and philanthropic gifts to make up the difference. These additional funds go to the programs, projects and outreach that would otherwise languish. We are immensely grateful for this support.
