A report co-authored by UCLA School of Law professor Ann Carlson has found that an unused provision of the Clean Air Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement an economy-wide, market-based program to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and achieve the Obama Administration’s pledge at the recent U.N. climate change talks in Paris.
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Many of UCLA’s most well-known energy and sustainability experts- including Grand Challenges leader, Associate Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability Mark Gold, and James Liao (department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), and Rajit Gadh (UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) – participated in the UCLA-Tata Global Forum. The event, which was jointly initiated by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Chairman of Tata Trusts Ratan Tata, demonstrates how UCLA’s research on the environment, energy and sustainability- showcased in the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge- is relevant to megacities worldwide.
Source: UCLA-Tata Global Forum in India draws policy makers, academic and business leaders UCLA Newsroom, 14 Jan. 2016
Additional coverage of the UCLA-Tata Global Forum:
Tata Trusts and UCLA host two-day global forum “Innovating for a Sustainable Energy Future” The Economic Times, 11 Jan. 2016
The Sustainable LA Grand Challenge has released its Work Plan, the most detailed proposal yet for how Sustainable LA aims to transform the region and ensure that a hotter, more populous Los Angeles can actually improve our quality of life.
Source: Steps toward a sustainable golden age for Los Angeles proposed in new UCLA plan UCLA Newsroom, 6 Jan. 2016
Additional coverage about the release of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Work Plan:
Q&A with Mark Gold: How a new UCLA research plan will create a sustainable Los Angeles UCLA Newsroom, 11 Jan. 2016
UCLA Grand Challenges reveals plan for environmental sustainability Daily Bruin, 22 Dec. 2015
Parking research conducted by Donald Shoup (Luskin School of Public Affairs, department of Urban Planning) was referenced in the Huffington Post’s conversation about GM and Lyft’s plans to collaborate on a fleet of “self-driving cars” that can be summoned by app.
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A new study led by Alex Hall of UCLA’s department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences provides a way to reduce variation in global climate models by 35 percent.
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