Events

Upcoming Events

Alt text: Event graphic for “Lessons for a Warming Country: Climate Politics and Environmental Policy After the Midterms,” featuring headshots of Alejandro Camacho, Marta Segura, Anthony Rendon, and Jon Christensen against a blue background.

Special Event

Lessons for a Warming Country

Climate Politics & Environmental Policy After the Midterms

The second event in the LENS 10th anniversary series is a post-election discussion about the local, state, and national implications for environmental policy and politics with a panel of UCLA experts.

A book hovering over a cityscape in the background. The book is titled Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene

Book Talk | The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene

Professor Stephanie Pincetl discusses her new book with Professor of Anthropology Monica L. Smith

Join us for a conversation with IoES Professor and Founding Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA Stephanie Pincetl about her new book, "The Myth of Sustainable Cities: Losing the Holocene"

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Special Event

Palisades/Eaton Fires Conference

A one-day conference on investigations into the destructive 2025 LA fires.

Topics include factors determining structural survival, the impact of zone zero on home survival, the role of fuels management, urban tree survival, landslides, and pathways to reducing future fire risk…

On Campus

UCLA-wide sustainability events calendar

For those interested in more campus events on the environment and sustainability, follow our friends at UCLA Sustainability.

Past Events

The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science Presents: A Discussion with Critical Ecology Lab’s Suzanne Pierre & Em Whalen

Please join the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science and Critical Ecology Lab for a lunch discussion on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, from 12:30-1:30pm in Geology Room 4667. Lunch will be provided to attendees.…

Sage Hill Fall Restoration Volunteer Day

Help us restore UCLA’s Sage Hill by removing invasive plants and planting native plants. We’ll be planting native plants such as California brittlebrush, milkweed, black sage, and yucca. Meet at…

Overheated: What to watch for, and ignore, at the UN climate talks

Join the Emmett Institute’s faculty experts, including several who will be on the ground in Dubai, for a panel discussion that previews the top challenges and opportunities for international negotiation,…

LiS Kick-off Information Session

What is the LiS Program? Leaders in Sustainability is a free certificate program offered through the IoES that attracts graduate students across all disciplines who are interested in sustainability and multi-disciplinary opportunities. At the…

Designing our Future: Environment, Community and Technology

DataX presents Professor of Information Studies, Ramesh Srinivasan, in conversation with an interdisciplinary group of UCLA professors focused on environmental issues such as climate change and their intersection with questions of…