Ann Carlson is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at the UCLA School of Law and faculty co-director of the UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment.…
The LA County Board of Supervisors approved a new sustainability plan this week, affecting the 88 individual cities and the 10 million people living in the county. The plan includes…
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, coordinator of the Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad, works with women farmers in the landlocked African nation. “There’s a lack of recognition of land rights…
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, coordinator of the Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad, works with women farmers in the landlocked African nation. “There’s a lack of recognition of land rights…
A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) identifies the potential power of all manner of waste, with its ability to be a renewable resource of power…
UCLA scientists are leading a $10 million project to help California officials make ecologically wise decisions as the state continues to confront the effects of climate change. The California Conservation…
The US could potentially produce enough energy by harnessing waste each year to power the states of Oregon and Washington, according to recent analysis from University of California, Los Angeles…
“We don’t trust that a Democratic Party that has reneged on their responsibility, a complete dereliction of duty for the last 40 years, will actually rise to the challenge at…
Although there are several factors that play into why the state’s wildfires have been getting more frequent and devastating, a new study, published this month in the journal Earth’s Future,…
“Climate change is the third rail in some parts of the country and here in California we’re more clear eyed about what some of those risk are,” said Sean Hecht,…
Managed retreat is a proactive, intentional shift of civilization away from an environmental threat. Some cities are building walls against sea level rise, but UCLA professor Liz Koslov points out…
In an analysis of over 74,000 wines, the UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability found that when the two were compared, wine experts rated certified organic grapes a higher rating…
UCLA’s Daniel Swain in Vegas news talks about the extreme weather and climate change. Extreme weather situations often bring about the question of global warming. Climate experts such as Daniel…
UCLA’s Alan Barreca spoke about how air conditioning has saved lives. In 2013, a group of American researchers released a study that looked into heat-related deaths in the U.S. and the impact…
In 2017, Gregory Okin, a geography professor at University of California at Los Angeles, calculated that if American dogs and cats formed their own country, it would rank fifth in…
Making data accessible educates and promotes change, UCLA study finds. “I think information can be very powerful to change your behavior,” said the study’s lead author, Magali Delmas, a professor…
Professor Alex Hall was on a panel about sea level rise hosted by Zócalo Public Square. Here is a highlight from the event: Why are seas rising? Around 45% of…
Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, said the Coastal Act has two goals. One is to protect the coastal environment,…
In a paper published in Risk Analysis, Ohio State’s Christian C. Blanco and UCLA Anderson’s Felipe Caro and Charles J. Corbett attempt to quantify the effect of probabilistic risk assessments…
Although photographs of the event’s aftermath testify to tall hail drifts throughout the city, these monoliths were created by urban flash floodingthat sent ice flowing into streets and culverts, not…