Join
us for a half-day seminar featuring groundbreaking climate prediction
research by Alex Hall, UCLA climate scientist and professor, followed by
a panel discussion with climate policy experts.
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This all-day symposium will explore the potential benefits and
challenges of linking programs in foreign jurisdictions directed at Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) to
California’s cap-and-trade program as sources of offsets.
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The City of Los Angeles, Climate Resolve, the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative,
and the Emmett Center invite you to an exclusive conference that brings
together experts, innovators, and policymakers to inform LA area
leaders on cool roof technologies and how cool roofs can help LA survive
and thrive in a changing climate. Speakers include LA Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa, Emmett Center Executive Director Cara Horowitz, and Haley
Gilbert of the Heat Island Group at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory.
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Public transit in California and the nation—including the shuttles, buses, and passenger rail that serve our communities—has been battered by recession and dwindling public sector budgets. At the same time, ridership in many areas has spiked. This conference will highlight the challenges facing transit and explore solutions to overcome them and develop a world-class transit system.
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California’s landmark cap-and-trade program for controlling greenhouse gases gets underway this year, with the state’s first public auction slated for November 2012. The state still faces crucial questions, however, about how to spend revenues derived from its cap-and-trade auctions. Our symposium will look at a set of key questions surrounding revenue allocation decisions.
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The inaugural meeting of the UCLA Water Resources Group will feature a presentation and moderated discussion concerning the future of Southern California's water quality and supply. The subject of the presentation will be Metropolitan Water District's recently released Blue Ribbon Committee Report.
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On Oct. 21, 2010 at Korn Convocation Hall the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, KPCC Southern California Radio and the LA Times presented a public debate on Prop. 23, which would suspend AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act that requires reduced greenhouse gas emissions, until California's unemployment rate drops to 5.5% or below for four consecutive quarters.
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UCLA welcomed Rep. Henry Waxman (CA-30) and Sen. Fran Pavley (SD-23) for a public forum on landmark state and federal climate legislation.
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On Friday, March 6, 2009, the day-long symposium at UCLA focused on the response of government, industry and communities in the L.A. region to the new AB 32 scoping plan and coming climate change regulations.
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On January 27, 2009, the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment co-sponsored a discussion of SB 375, which has been called the state’s most important land-use law since the Coastal Act.
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Leading scholars, advocates and government officials discussed disaster planning and response, with particular attention to global climate change and to the vulnerability of California's levee system. Bruce Babbitt gave the keynote address, stressing the importance of land-use planning in ensuring that more housing isn't built in vulnerable areas.
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