IoES in the News

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A UCLA team led by Yoram Cohen at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and Madelyn Glickfield of UCLA’s Institute of Environment built and operated an on-site system that delivers…

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The climate is changing faster than ever before. Machine learning could be a key understanding how–and to what extent.  That’s according to Karen A. McKinnon, assistant professor at UCLA’s Institute of the…

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“We know from past flood events that the wealthy communities are not the ones that suffer the greatest impacts,” Cushing said, pointing to recent disasters in New Orleans and Houston.…

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Stephanie Pincetl, a professor of environment and sustainability, said the new infrastructure law is not enough to completely address the problems facing American infrastructure today. She said she believes the law is not truly unprecedented, but rather that people are not used to seeing infrastructure investments. Pincetl added the government should provide more generous funding, considering the larger sums spent on other sectors of the economy and the military. “What we actually need is a Congress that is willing to spend taxpayer money on taxpayers and an investment for the nation’s future,” Pincetl said.

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More than 98% of the Western United States is experiencing drought, and some have proposed moving water across the country to resolve the problem.  Stephanie Pincetl and Alex Hall share…

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“NorCal is, largely, out of the woods this year when it comes to large/fast-moving wildfire potential thanks to widespread heavy October rainfall,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the University…

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In the absence of fixes to the disaster recovery program, climate experts said the new lending arrangement from Enterprise and Morgan Stanley was useful. That program “responds to a real…

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The geographer and director of UCLA”s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability is exploring how work in her field can help vulnerable people all over the globe.

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By Chook-Chook Hillman Karuk believe all things are connected. Humans are not separate from the natural world. Likewise, environmental and social justice are one in the same. Our health is…

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This is a “defining decade,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “If we don’t have large success this decade in bending the carbon…

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President Biden’s pledge at COP26 climate summit to cut methane emissions by 30% over the next 9years could be derailed by Sen. Joe Manchin who won’t support anything that would…

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“There’s a very substantial relationship between having a park within walking distance of your home and good health outcomes,” said Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor at the UCLA Institute…

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The California wildlife-urban landscape, where communities lie on the edge of flammable forests, houses over 11M people. “Buildings are being allowed to build. But are we asking is it appropriate…

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By Farwiza Farhan Growing up female in a conservative, patriarchal society influenced everything I did and the choices I made in life. Growing up, I liked doing “boys” things —…

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New project launched to prevent deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC (November 10, 2021) –The Ituri Forest in Eastern DRC, anchored by the…

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By David Diaz I was born in the late 1980s to two hard-working parents, Raquel and Jose, in Ensenada, Mexico. My parents immigrated to the United States with a dream;…

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“It’s been really remarkable how infrequently we talk about the costs of not solving the problem, which are almost incalculably large,” Daniel Swain, UCLA climate scientist.

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Many hope for ambitious commitments from all the countries during COP26, especially from the leading emitters like China. UCLA Emmett Institute faculty co-director Alex Wang comments on the country’s climate…

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“Unless a system’s failing to meet the basic regulatory standards, I don’t think there’s a good case to say that bottled water’s better.” ~ Greg Pierce, co-director, UCLA Luskin Center…

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Research by scientists from UCLA and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory strengthens the case that climate change has been the main cause of the growing amount of land in the western…

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An activist in Washington D.C. holds a sign that says, “The climate is changing, why aren’t we?” As the UN climate conference is taking place, UCLA Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences…

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California’s lag in reporting data on heat-related illness and death is not just an administrative problem. It contributes to the loss of life by delaying effective, targeted responses during heat…

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Taylor Guitars generously donated $1M to the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Congo Basin Institute for their ebony tree #conservation efforts in #Cameroon! CBI’s research helps protect ebony…

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Every year, people in the American West die from scorching temperatures. Experts fear that the number of deaths is undercounted — and that as the climate continues to heat up,…

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As excessive heat waves sweep through Los Angeles County with more regularity, experts and community activists are pointing to the disproportionate impact on poor communities and communities of color who…