INSTITUTE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Moving Knowledge to Action
Launching global environmental solutions from urban Los Angeles
MAGAZINE
Scientists discover how elephant extinction threatens everything from rainforests to musical instruments
The research with local collaborators is the first to identify how to reliably grow ebony trees from seeds
2025 Pritzker Award finalists: Anthony Waddle, Denica Riadini-Flesch, Seema Lokhandwala
Three innovators from Australia, Indonesia and India are redefining how to protect wildlife, restore ecosystems and build equitable futures
Duration of heat waves accelerating faster than global warming
The longest and rarest heat waves — which can last for weeks — show the greatest increase in frequency
EVENTS
The 2025 Pritzker Lunch & Learn
Event Overview Join us for a special Lunch & Learn with the finalists of the Ninth Annual Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. This event offers a rare opportunity to hear…
The 14th Annual La Kretz Center Public Lecture
The UCLA La Kretz Center of California Conservation Science is excited to be hosting the 14th Annual La Kretz Center Public Lecture on Saturday, October 11th, 2025, at Boyer Hall on the UCLA main…
EDUCATION
A Diverse, Practice-Based 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.
UCLA Environmental Science and Engineering doctoral program turns 50
Alumni played major roles in global sustainability efforts across six decades
RESEARCH
Generating Knowledge & Providing Solutions
We leverage connections and partnerships throughout the UCLA network to focus teams of diverse talents on today’s most urgent problems.
Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles
Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History
Tribal leaders and researchers have uncovered the ancient “lost suburbs” of Los Angeles—revealing a thriving Indigenous landscape buried beneath the city’s sprawl and reclaiming a 10,000-year legacy of resilience, stewardship, and survival.
The Human Right To Water In Poor Communities of Color: Southern Los Angeles County
Disadvantaged communities concentrated in southern Los Angeles County lack fair options when it comes to water supply. When served by public utilities, aging infrastructure, water quality problems, and other complications can…
Phasing out fossil fuel infrastructure in Los Angeles: Challenges for a Just Transition
In this project, Dr. Kelly Kay and Andrea Furnaro focus on the phase-out of longstanding fossil fuel infrastructure as part of the Los Angeles Green New Deal plan. While other…
GIVING
Support Us
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.