Events

burned down homes and scorched trees

Special Event

Wildfire disaster, recovery, and resilience: what have we learned?

Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series

Wildfire recovery in the U.S., particularly in California, is a slow and complex process hindered by unique post-fire challenges like housing shortages, regulatory hurdles, and underinsurance, but innovative solutions are emerging to improve resilience and equity.

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Optimism, Optopia and Climate Change Stories

Focus on Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series

How can science fiction balance hopeful stories about environmental futures with current realities? What theory of social change should inform these stories? With dire climate change impacts already happening, what kinds of stories can inspire audiences to care about and become active on large-scale environmental issues?

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Managing the Mid-Transition from Fossil to Clean Energy

Focus on Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series

Featuring Emily Grubert Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy PolicyKeough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame Emily Grubert, a civil engineer and environmental sociologist, will share insights on how…

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Commencement Class Photo 2023

Special Event

Commencement

Congratulations to the UCLA IoES Class of 2025. We look forward to the impact you’ll make in building a more sustainable, resilient world.

Congratulations to the UCLA IoES Class of 2025. We look forward to the impact you’ll make in building a more sustainable, resilient world.

PAST EVENTS

Drowning World

Award-winning photojournalist Gideon Mendel visited UCLA to present his “Drowning World” series, which documents the impact of flooding events on people across the globe. Following the presentation, scholars and practitioners in climate change education and communication held a roundtable discussion on “The Art of Teaching Climate Change.” The Center for Climate Science co-sponsored the event, and Associate Director Katharine Reich participated in the roundtable.

GMOS: Global Solution or Global Risk?

For some, GMO crops offer a solution to worldwide crises in health and food security. For others, they involve risks that are too great to take. This is no longer…

Annual Gala

We face unprecedented stresses on food, water and energy systems. Fresh ideas, breakthrough technologies and heightened public engagement are urgently needed. The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability represents…

POWERING EARTH 2050:

The UCLA Institute for the Environment and Sustainability invites you to the launch of a brand new format for our flagship public program, the Oppenheim Lecture Series. Join leading authorities…

LA’s Water Resource Future Workshop Series, Part 1

The first workshop in the LA's Water Resource Future Series was held on February 19, 2016. UCLA faculty and Los Angeles region water managers, planners, and scientists explored the state of stormwater management and planning, the potential to connect surface hydrology and groundwater modeling tools to quantify infiltration, potential ecosystem benefits of stormwater capture, and strategies to incentivize increased capture and infiltration of stormwater. The program consisted of talks and panel sessions by invited speakers, each followed by Q&A periods and discussion by all attendees.