Technology continues to advance and expand, creating environmental challenges and potential solutions.
Magazine
Rachel Sheinberg, a Ph.D. candidate at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) graduating this year, studies a critical challenge in the clean energy transition: who benefits, and who could be left behind.
Story
Explore how renewable energy transitions and home electrification will shape household energy spending and burden across Los Angeles.
Story
Remembering the UCLA alumnus and Disney Imagineer who made it ‘safe to have fun’
Story
From the lecture halls of Westwood to the world’s most prestigious scientific stage, UCLA’s Nobel-winning alumni trace their triumphs to a common source: a public university that opened doors
Projects
In the News
Blog
“I don’t see the birds in the morning anymore.” Gregory Pirio, a longtime Loudoun County resident, explained his experience living near a data center. Greg isn’t the only one reeling…
Blog
The real elephant in the room is the historic poor construction of our built environment.
Headline
Deepak Rajagopal, professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, discusses India’s proposed fuel-economy rules — Phase III Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards — in his op-ed for…
Fellows
Learn about a CDLS Fellow's early career trajectory
Announcements
The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability is proud to share that Ph.D. candidate Lorena De la Puente Burlando has been accepted into the 2025–2026 Critical Minerals Research Lab,…
Videos
UCLA has a long history of sustainability leadership — from early energy efficiency efforts and the formation of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability in the 1990s, to the establishment of…
Interview on The Young Turks ScIQ with UCLA environmental economist Alan Barreca by Jayde Lovell about climate change effects on public health, vulnerable communities, and the state of California. They also…
Centers
A first of its kind interactive website built with the largest set of publicly available disaggregated energy data in the nation.
