The most comprehensive study of climate change in LA to date, the Climate Change in the Los Angeles Region Project was conducted by Center for Climate Science Faculty Director Alex Hall and his research group between 2010 and 2015. Dr. Hall and his team developed a novel method for bringing global climate model projections to high spatial resolution, creating neighborhood-by-neighborhood projections of future climate over the greater Los Angeles region under different scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions.
Pilot Study of the Ecological and Environmental Effects of Metropolitan’s Turf Replacement Program Study Objectives The principal objectives of this study are to identify and, to the extent possible, to…
In conjunction with Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, CCSC staff contribute to the the development of environmental report cards to evaluate LA county’s progress towards environmental sustainability. In 2015, UCLA’s Institute…
Mission The Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC) is a membership organization, fostering a network of local and regional decision-makers in the Los Angeles County region…
Students: Alexandra Caryotakis, Ian Davies, Sarah Hafiz, Justine Niketen, Daniel Noakes, Ruoyu Wang, Xunyi Wu Client: Natural Resources Defense Council Advisor: Dr. Felicia Federico (IoES) Final Report
Students: Justin Brandt, Kendall Curtis, Kyle Gordon, Mallvinder Kahal, KellyAnneTang, Vanessa Villanueva, Sterling Wahlrab Client: Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles Advisor: Noah Garrison (IoES)
Students: Anais Marguerite Engel, Mark Allen Ginsburg, Erika Kristen Kidera, Hadley Kathryn Nolan, Sagarika Subramanian, Peilun Sun Team: CO2 Markets Client: Climate Action Reserve
The team worked with UCLA’s Housing & Hospitality Services and UCLA Transportation to encourage and better accommodate bike ridership on the residential Hill. The team advised on the addition of…
The 2015 Biodiversity Action Research Team indexed the biodiversity of flora and fauna between manicured and non-manicured regions of campus. The data helped indicated what ecosystem is more beneficial for the…
The Energy Team conducted an energy audit of the Physics and Astronomy Building on campus, using light and occupancy data loggers to examine if unoccupied rooms had lights consistently turned…
