Environmental problems affect everyone on the planet, but disenfranchised communities are often the most affected and least represented. We mentor and develop a diverse contingent of experts while confronting injustices at the community and global level.
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Economist-turned-entrepreneur Denica Riadini-Flesch, a 2025 Pritzker Award finalist, reflects on how she left conventional models of growth to build a regenerative fashion movement
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These five mid-career leaders are creating climate solutions in areas and communities often left out of conventional planning
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Thirteen nominees. Five continents. One common denominator: a new blueprint for environmental leadership.
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Featured in this week’s Los Angeles Times Climate and Environment coverage, Edith de Guzman, Ph.D. ‘23, brings climate and heat inequities to the spotlight. This summer at Descano Gardens, a…
Announcements
As summer temperatures rise, the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC), in partnership with the LA County Department of Public Health, is launching the fourth year…
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UCLA IoES Professor Stephanie Pincetl discusses Los Angeles’ rebuilding efforts after the devastating wildfires for The Economist, asserting that the city should use this moment to address its housing crisis…
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UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) hosted a packed panel and documentary screening on climate justice with the civic engagement group the Hip Hop Caucus, covered by Spectrum…
Blog
By 2024 Pritzker Award Finalist Adenike Oladosu Titilope I was born when Nigeria had a series of environmental challenges, especially in the region of Lake Chad, a place where many environmentalists…
Videos
A student-led survey has uncovered stark disparities in public health outcomes for L.A. neighborhoods with oil and gas drilling.
Recently, crew of college students from UCLA and Cameroon left convenience behind and plunged into the rainforest. Their objective: reopen a field station that had been shuttered for two decades,…
Centers
The first-ever university center for diversity in environmental science was launched at UCLA in 2018.
Publications
Published Work 2025 | npj Natural Hazards
Quantifying the electric service panel capacities of California’s residential buildings
Published Work 2024 | Energy Policy
