IoES in the News

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In the long-term, it’s not sustainable,” said Dr. Travis Longcore, an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.  

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Dr. Bradley Shaffer from UCLA talks $10 million California conservation project.

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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, president of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad, said women in her largely desert nation were not allowed to own land but were confined…

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Ann Carlson is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at the UCLA School of Law and faculty co-director of the UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment.…

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On August 12 in Boston, Magali Delmas and David Colgan were awarded the 2019 ONE Division Book Award for The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet.  The Organizations…

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The LA County Board of Supervisors approved a new sustainability plan this week, affecting the 88 individual cities and the 10 million people living in the county. The plan includes…

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UCLA IoES board co chair, Lawrence Bender, is featured in Polo De’Marco magazine. He talks about his work at UCLA and beyond. 

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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, coordinator of the Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad, works with women farmers in the landlocked African nation. “There’s a lack of recognition of land rights…

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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, coordinator of the Indigenous Women and Peoples Association of Chad, works with women farmers in the landlocked African nation. “There’s a lack of recognition of land rights…

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A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) identifies the potential power of all manner of waste, with its ability to be a renewable resource of power…

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UCLA scientists are leading a $10 million project to help California officials make ecologically wise decisions as the state continues to confront the effects of climate change. The California Conservation…

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The US could potentially produce enough energy by harnessing waste each year to power the states of Oregon and Washington, according to recent analysis from University of California, Los Angeles…

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“We don’t trust that a Democratic Party that has reneged on their responsibility, a complete dereliction of duty for the last 40 years, will actually rise to the challenge at…

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Although there are several factors that play into why the state’s wildfires have been getting more frequent and devastating, a new study, published this month in the journal Earth’s Future,…

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by Sonia Aronson  Our final group of candidates for this year’s Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award are taking on global challenges using technology, storytelling and activism.   Soon we will introduce…

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By Sonia Aronson The third set of candidates for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award fight water scarcity in Africa. They improve air quality and battle rural poverty in India.…

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by Sonia Aronson  The next five candidates for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award use technology to solve difficult issues such as diet related illnesses and coral reef degradation. They…

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“Climate change is the third rail in some parts of the country and here in California we’re more clear eyed about what some of those risk are,” said Sean Hecht,…

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Managed retreat is a proactive, intentional shift of civilization away from an environmental threat. Some cities are building walls against sea level rise, but UCLA professor Liz Koslov points out…

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by Sonia Aronson The candidates for the 2019 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award are here. In September, one will take home $100,000 — but all are worth reading about. These…

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In an analysis of over 74,000 wines, the UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability found that when the two were compared, wine experts rated certified organic grapes a higher rating…

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UCLA’s Daniel Swain in Vegas news talks about the extreme weather and climate change.  Extreme weather situations often bring about the question of global warming. Climate experts such as Daniel…

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UCLA’s Alan Barreca spoke about how air conditioning has saved lives.  In 2013, a group of American researchers released a study that looked into heat-related deaths in the U.S. and the impact…

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2018 Pritzker nominee, Brian Gitta, is a 2019 Rolex Award Laureate.  The key to life-saving treatment of malaria is fast diagnosis: current tests require a blood sample and a skilled…

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Miranda Wang, 2018 Pritzker Prize winner, is a 2019 Rolex Awards Laureate.  Her company BioCellection is developing an array of unique technologies to turn the worst of the world’s plastic…