UCLA faculty voice: Sunny, with a chance of apocalypse | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

December 03, 2015

Photo of Gov. Jerry Brown. — Gov. Jerry Brown’s mix of doom and gloom with pragmatic optimism has compelled Californians to take steps to combat climate change. Photo by Ohad Ben-Yoseph/ Flickr.

According to Jon Christensen (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and department of History), whose work has relevance to the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge’s, Governor Jerry Brown’s deft ability to mix doomsaying predictions with pragmatic optimism may just be what California- and the world- need to get back on a sustainable track.