The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability has partnered with KLCS PBS to foster informed, sincere discussion about the environment and society. “Sustaining US” is a weekly half-hour program which will highlight topics on a variety of topics including climate change, green infrastructure, health care, homelessness, and transportation.  

Kian Goh, assistant professor of urban planning, was recently named the new associate faculty director of the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy. With a global perspective and expertise in community responses to environmental problems, Goh will be able to promote the institute’s efforts to pair critical thought with social activism in order to combat inequalities. 

UCLA’s Daniel Swain co-authored a new study published in Communications Earth & Environment which addresses questions related to why climate-related increases in extreme precipitation have not been reflected in an increase in annual floods. 

The COVID-19 pandemic changed commuting patterns across campus, with the number of daily commuters coming to UCLA dropping from 67,000 in 2019 to a little over 19,000 in 2020. During this time, UCLA Transportation took full advantage of opportunities to learn and change practices to make commuting and transportation more sustainable.