California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

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New management strategies may help Los Angeles avoid future water crises

Stephanie Pincetl is Professor-in-Residence at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA. In this UPI article, she discusses…

Paper outlines how L.A. County can adapt its water supply for climate change

UCLA report calls for conservation, policy and infrastructure improvements

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Study Finds Los Angeles is Getting Hotter, Threatening Electric Reliability

“We need to move to a decarbonized economy, and that will require significant changes in land use, among other factors,” said Stephanie Pincetl, project principal investigator, professor in residence and…

Without electric grid upgrades, heat-related power outages in L.A. County are guaranteed by midcentury

UCLA researchers recommend upgrading power grid and smarter construction choices

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Without electric grid upgrades, heat-related power outages in L.A. County are guaranteed by midcentury

By the middle of this century, severe heat waves in Los Angeles County could cause widespread power outages from the loss of up to 240 megawatts — power for nearly…

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Dr. Pincetl in Los Angeles Magazine: Can the Los Angeles We Know Survive the Death of Its Trees?

I’m standing in the shade with Stephanie Pincetl, an environment and sustainability researcher at UCLA. Short-haired and wry, she shares a quality of awe and cynicism common to the tree…