Podcast: A short story on brain drain in the Global South.
Many countries are mining the Global South for one of its vital natural resources – its people. This creates a ‘brain drain’ of professionals and academics leaving the Global South…
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Alvar Escriva-Bou bridges research and action with engineering, policy and economics
Our newest faculty member member seeks to improve integrated water, energy, food and environmental resources management
Tibetan Plateau soil temperatures are found to affect climate regionally, globally
UCLA study reveals that thermal variations can impact monsoons and flooding
Research co-authored by Cully Nordby named “must read” by Johns Hopkins
A research paper co-authored by Cully Nordby, associate director of IoES, has been named a “Must Read” by teaching, educational oversight and research experts at Johns Hopkins University. The paper,…
The future of lithium and electric vehicles in California: A Q&A with Oscar Neyra-Nazarrett
Oscar Neyra-Nazarrett on EVs and his company's approach to reduce the environmental impact of lithium mining.
How does your garden grow?
Professor Alex Hall’s work with native plants is in full bloom, with a weekend tour and podcast
Announcing Second Round Recipients of The La Kretz Center and Stunt Ranch Reserve 2023 Conservation Science Research Awards
The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and the UC Natural Reserve System Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve are pleased to announce the second round of recipients…
April 5th 2023 – Workshop on entrepreneurship and academic skills
A workshop on entrepreneurship and academic skills acquisition is organized on April 5th 2023 in Yaounde, Cameroon. The workshop will touch the following topics: For additional information please reach out…
Vegetation browning from drought hits L.A.’s disadvantaged communities hardest
UCLA-led study reveals a ‘geography of inequality’ across region’s coastal areas
UCLA Water Resources Group Welcomes Two More Faculty Water Experts at Successful Meet and Greet
On March 7, 2023, the UCLA Water Resources Group celebrated two new faculty members to UCLA whose research includes water, Dr. Alvar Escriva-Bou and Dr. Alesia Montgomery. This event was…
Student Work: Challenging our complacency with petrol culture and the domestic intimacy of toxicity.
Emma Akmakdjian is a student in Dr. Pincetl’s ENV297 class. She’s an installation artist who collaborates with scientists to translate processes of complex ecosystems, climate data, and object personifications in…
Vegan, Mediterranean and ‘climatarian’ diets have lower carbon footprints than standard U.S. diet
UCLA study suggests emissions from basic American diet are equivalent to driving a car up to 20 miles per day
Elijah Catalan selected for 2023 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award
Elijah Catalan has been selected for a 2023 Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA), which is sponsored by the Ecological Society of America. Along with 15 other graduate…
Angela Johnson Meszaros at UCLA discusses Quemetco’s Lead Legacy: A Cycle of Injustice and Contamination in Southern California
A new report details how Quemetco — the last remaining secondary lead smelter in California — has exploited a failed regulatory structure that does little to protect people and the environment.…
Q&A: Monica L. Smith on how humans have adapted to natural forces throughout history
A new book edited by the UCLA anthropologist explores how people respond to volcanoes, epidemics and droughts
The La Kretz Center’s 2022 Annual Report
Check out the innovative conservation research projects, stimulating public outreach events, and exciting funding programs that the center has supported over the past year!
Call for Proposals for Legal Analysis of OECMs in Cameroon, apply by March 20th 2023
The Congo Basin Institute (CBI) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) seek a consultant or consultant team to assess what potential land use classification(s) under Cameroonian law could…
New paper on “Enhancing scientific and community capacity to conserve Central African Lepidoptera” butterflies.
A new paper was published highlighting the importance of further conservation efforts in maintaining the biodiversity of Lepidoptera (butterfly) and other understudied insects in the Central African Region. Read the…
Energy Communities Workshop in Colombia
Dr. Stephanie Pincetl, director of the CCSC, and Sebastián Solarte-Caicedo, Ph.D. student in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, participated in the Energy Communities Workshop Series, an event organized…
Grant opportunity to support the next generation of environmental storytellers.
Vital Impacts presents the Environmental Photography Grants. Application’s are now open for two $20,000 grants that will support and encourage visual storytellers to create a long-term documentary photography project with…
Daniel Swain: Mirror—Los Angeles hit by first SNOW blizzard warning in 30 years with winter storms coming
UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said: “This well may be the largest single-event snowfall in some parts of Southern California since the 1980s. “This is a big deal.” He added:…
New professor Alesia Montgomery examines environmental justice in urban redevelopment
Who gets to make those decisions (and how) is the focus of ethnographer Alesia Montgomery, a new faculty member at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Racialized, low-income communities…
Susanna Hecht wins Brunn Award for Creativity in Geography
UCLA professor Susanna Hecht has won the 2023 Stanley Brunn Award for Creativity from the American Association of Geographers. The award is presented annually to a geographer who has demonstrated…
Increased atmospheric dust is masking greenhouse gases’ warming effect
UCLA researchers say climate change could accelerate slightly if dust levels stop climbing