Here's a blog with @fkearns.bsky.social @edithdeguzman.bsky.social and others on a topic that remains top of mind: "Water Systems and Wildfire: Understanding Capacities and Limitations" Summarizing our Aug 18 workshop w/ 35 external participants. ucanr.edu/blog/conflue...

CCSC leveraged their expertise to project future electricity use and assess impacts of solar reqs. on planning for rebuilding energy infrastructure post-fire. This report builds off @ccscatucla.bsky.social team's recent work for the Blue Ribbon Commission. Report: www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/esti...

From the start of UCLA's partnership with the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery in Feb '25, a critical part of our work was to spearhead a robust community engagement effort. 📰 Read more: sustainablela.ucla.edu/news/amplify...

“UCLA is proud to have been the [Blue Ribbon] commission’s research partner in this important undertaking. With strong leadership that’s accountable to communities, we can build back quickly and be better prepared for future fires,” said @mullinmeg.bsky.social

Read the 50+ new policy recommendations covering everything from urgently needed actions to building standards and vegetation management efforts to ways to support the expedient housing construction and workforce development the region will need to fully recover. legal-planet.org/2025/06/23/h...

With strong guidance, government can streamline rebuilding "that makes these communities more fire-safe, more climate-resilient,” says @mullinmeg.bsky.social, who led the UCLA team & spoke w/ @ianjames.bsky.social @latimes.com @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @uclalawemmett.bsky.social bit.ly/40grypH

Big release! UCLA Research Informing Resilient Rebuilding & the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action & Fire-Safe Recovery Policy Recommendations. Civic leaders, fire survivors & 40+ scholars led by @mullinmeg.bsky.social @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @uclalawemmett.bsky.social bit.ly/3SYRTov

📣 New Report: the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery published its Final Policy Recommendations aimed at charting a post-fire recovery. @uclacollege.bsky.social provided in-depth research and considerations. Read more: sustainablela.ucla.edu/ResilientLA

Out today: the final Blue Ribbon Commission report on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery as well as the backdrop UCLA Research Context and Considerations Report sustainablela.ucla.edu/ResilientLA

‼️ Grant funding opportunity UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the David Geffen School of Medicine @dgsomucla.bsky.social are partnering to provide pilot funding to support wildfire-related research across disciplines. 👉 Learn more and apply today: ctsi.ucla.edu/funding-and-...

🎉 SLAGC is excited to welcome aboard our new cohort of student workers. SLAGC's Information Analysts are hard at work producing rapid response briefings to inform the work we do. 🔍 Learn more about SLAGC and its core initiatives and programs: sustainablela.ucla.edu

🎉 SLAGC is proud to have played a key role in this critical partnership, connecting @ladwp.bsky.social to UCLA's experts, helping set research agendas, and facilitating the ongoing relationship b/w UCLA and the nation's largest municipal utility. Background: sustainablela.ucla.edu/la100-equity...

CWRI is excited to launch this new working group and to be working closely with the deeply knowledgable experts at #UCLALuskin and #UCANR to tackle the urgent challenges our water systems--and the communities that rely on them--face. 👉 Learn more: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri

#ICYMI check out this important piece discussing major implications for water supply after the Los Angeles Fires published in @naturewaterjnl.bsky.social sky.social last month by @gregspierce.bsky.social, @edithdeguzman.bsky.social, & @mullinmeg.bsky.social.

Thrilled to be leading this w @fkearns.bsky.social, @edithdeguzman.bsky.social and Erik Porse. Thanks to the UCLA Climate and Wildfire Initiative @uclasustainablela.bsky.social for enabling this work. Look forward to collaborating w many folks here and welcome your ideas!

CWRI launches its newest working group: Urban Water Supply + Wildfire. Chaired by @gregspierce.bsky.social (@luskininnovation.bsky.social), this effort brings together UCLA & @ucanr.bsky.social expertise to develop solutions to post-fire water infrastructure challenges. sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri

Exciting to see SLAGC Director Alex Hall represent @uclacollege.bsky.social on stage with the legendary Dr. Jane Goodall at @sierraclub.org's 2025 Symposium. Alex spoke to the urgent need for universities to work with communities as we face the very real consequences of #climatechange.

Important work on the pressing issue of planning for #extremeheat in #urban environments. #climateadaptation #publicpolicy

Honored to serve as UCLA PI on this effort. We'll bring expertise from across UCLA & other area universities to support the Commission in rebuilding communities that are resilient to the climate conditions of our present & future. @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social

Led by @mullinmeg.bsky.social UCLA experts will provide findings & recommendations for resilient equitable wildfire recovery. An independent Commission requests guidance to rebuild; retrofit & catalyze climate-resiliency measures @uclaioes.bsky.social‬ @uclasustainablela.bsky.social bit.ly/4aWNTNa

Honored to participate. But mostly shoutout to @mullinmeg.bsky.social, Julia Stein @uclalawemmett.bsky.social and several others incl. @uclasustainablela.bsky.social who will be putting in so much time and effort into leading the Blue Ribbon Commission over the next few months🔽

All details on the commission here sustainablela.ucla.edu/ResilientLA Hope we can see more urgent recommendations emerge sooner than three to six months. For example, this commission should be trying to convince LA leaders not to waive the city's electrification requirements for rebuilding

What does equitable, resilient LA fire recovery look like? Led by LCI'S @mullinmeg.bsky.social, UCLA research experts will provide data-informed policy recommendations to rebuild; retrofit buildings & catalyze climate-resiliency measures & investments @uclasustainablela.bsky.social bit.ly/40PRo3u

ICYMI: watch SLAGC and @uclaioes.bsky.social dir. Alex Hall, @gregspierce.bsky.social (co-exec. dir., @luskininnovation.bsky.social) and Yifang Zhu, assoc. dir., UCLA's Center for Clean Air. More about UCLA's wildfire work: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri

@uclaioes.bsky.social and @uclasustainablela.bsky.social recently hosted a special virtual event featuring experts discussing the causes, impacts and aftermath of the L.A. #wildfires. You can watch the recording of the webinar here: youtu.be/PzfuAN8kfpE

ICYMI: SLAGC collaborators @koslov.bsky.social (@uclaioes.bsky.social) and Kathryn McConnell argue in @nytopinion.nytimes.com for "new ways to protect neighborhoods" from growing #wildfire risks www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/o... Read more about UCLA's work on wildfires: sustainablela.ucla.org/cwri

@latimes.com reports on UCLA's recent report about climate change's role in the recent LA fires. Full story: www.latimes.com/environment/... More on UCLA's wildfire work: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri

Great work from our Faculty Director and @uclaioes.bsky.social Director Alex Hall and team. Read the report and check out all the work of UCLA experts on wildfire issues: sustainablela.ucla.edu/cwri

Learn how you can help those impacted by the wildfires with resources for the Bruin community to give and receive aid newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/how-...

@uclasustainablela.bsky.social's Alex Hall: “This is one of the most powerful wind events of the season. Although it is occurring in the heart of what is normally our wet season, we have had no significant precipitation to shut off its ability to spread wildfire quickly. This drives home...

“Southern California had a couple of wet years in a row, and that means a build-up of fuels in wildlands... The sequence of very wet followed by dry conditions sets the stage for big wildfires.” - SLAGC faculty dir. Alex Hall on the #FranklinFire in @latimes.com More: www.latimes.com/california/n...

SLAGC faculty director Dr. Alex Hall: "The speed with which the #FranklinFire ballooned overnight... is especially alarming given its proximity to major population centers. The impact on people’s lives and livelihoods underscores the urgency of our work." Read more: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucl...

Marine Weather Statement issued December 9 at 7:26AM PST by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Additional Details Here.

‼️ Opportunity Alert ‼️ Our friends at the Aspen Policy Academy are launching a new part-time virtual program for young (21-30 yrs) climate experts to learn how to navigate the policy world. Deadline to apply is 12.15.2024 Learn more and apply today: aspenpolicyacademy.org/short-course...

Looking for smart, sharp, thoughtful expertise about climate change and the environment? Me too! So I made a thing: go.bsky.app/6AWBxnD #greensky #climatesky (I'm biased, but UCLA experts are the best.)