The Los Angeles City Council has passed a motion setting the ambitious goal of achieving carbon neutrality, without offsets, by 2030, a move supported by the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge (SLA GC) as it continues to leverage UCLA research to push public policy forward in urban sustainability. 

Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Director Eric Hoek led a team which recently published two books focusing on water management. The first, Sustainable Desalination and Water Reuse addresses reverse osmosis and the second, Oil & Gas Produced Water Management, focuses on the gas & oil industry.