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SUMMARY:Botany Brown Bag: Changing Behavior in Changing Cities by Joey Di Liberto and Suu Zhou
DESCRIPTION:Join a new lecture in the Botany Brown Bag Series\, continued by Joey Di Liberto and Suu Zhou\, who will give a talk entitled “Changing Behavior in Changing Cities: Shifting Trends in Urban Bird Behavior Across Seasons and Cityscapes” on Monday\, February 3 at 12pm. As cities expand\, more and more animals have been forced to adapt to the environmental challenges within cities. Learn how birds like juncos may be coping by changing important ecological attributes of their life history\, such as their behavior. Make sure to bring your walking shoes and your lunch! \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/botany-brown-bag-changing-behavior-in-changing-cities-by-joey-di-liberto-and-suu-zhou/
LOCATION:La Kretz Garden Pavilion\, 707 Tiverton Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Can Democracies Deal with the Climate Crisis?
DESCRIPTION:The environmental consequences of the 2024 presidential election are coming into sharper focus as the U.S. confronts one of the largest climate-fueled disasters in its history. But the U.S. is not the only country where climate politics are complicating climate policy. Some political scientists are asking whether democracies are adequately equipped to deal with the growing climate crisis. \nJoin the Emmett Institute for a provocative discussion about the challenges that the climate crisis poses to constitutional democracies. Can the global-scale and long-term efforts needed to address climate change gain and sustain democratic support? Can democratic national governments support equitable global sharing of burdens? Can they act effectively in response to incomplete or uncertain scientific information? Can they make decisions whether to include geoengineering interventions in climate response and if so how to govern them?  How does rising populism influence the answers to these questions? And how can national and global institutions be redesigned to effectively address the climate challenge? \nCristóbal Bellolio is Associate Professor at the School of Government\, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile\, where he studies political theory and its relation to science\, religion\, populism\, constitutional debates\, and Latin American politics. In 2024-2025\, he holds the Tinker Visiting Professorship at the University of Chicago. \nBellolio will be joined in conversation with Professor Ted Parson\, Faculty Director of the UCLA Emmett Institute\, and an expert in international environmental law and policy and the role of science and technology in policy-making. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/can-democracies-deal-with-the-climate-crisis/
LOCATION:UCLA Law School\, Room 1447
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SUMMARY:Wildfire disaster\, recovery\, and resilience: what have we learned?
DESCRIPTION:Join the first event in the 2024-2025 Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series\, a three-part special seminar exploring critical environmental challenges. The first seminar in this series\, to be given by Prof. Crystal Kolden from UC Merced\, has been rescheduled to Monday\, February 3 from 2-4 pm in the California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) auditorium. \nLight refreshments will be available starting at 1:30 and there will be a Q&A session following her talk. \nCrystal A. Kolden\nAssociate Professor in the Management of Complex Systems department\,\nSchool of Engineering\, at the University of California\, Merced \nIn 1991\, the Tunnel-Oakland Hills Fire in the San Francisco Bay Area of California destroyed over 3\,000 homes in just a few short hours\, ushering in the modern era of Wildland-Urban Interface wildfires. Since then\, over 50\,000 structures have been destroyed in the US by wildfire\, displacing tens of thousands of people for weeks to years. As most of these disasters have occurred in the last decade\, little is known about the post-fire recovery process and what processes drive or hinder it. We evaluated recent wildfire disasters in California in order to improve understanding of how communities are affected by and recovering from wildfire disasters. We found that communities recover extremely slowly from wildfire stemming from challenges that are unique to the post-wildfire landscape. These include long-term exclusion from the burned area relative to other disasters due to the requirements around hazardous tree and toxic waste removal\, critical infrastructure loss\, exacerbation of existing affordable housing shortages\, regulatory challenges\, and substantial problems with duplication of benefits\, uninsurance\, and underinsurance. Socially vulnerable populations are further marginalized by wildfire disasters\, and there is evidence for gentrification in post-fire areas yielding climate migrations. Despite these many challenges\, need has produced innovative solutions that can improve the post-fire recovery process and mitigate future wildfire disasters. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/wildfire-disaster-recovery-and-resilience-what-have-we-learned/
LOCATION:California NanoSystems Institute\, 570 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
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SUMMARY:Les is More: An Hour with the Mayor
DESCRIPTION:Come be part of an insightful panel discussion with the City of Beverly Hills’ sustainability experts and Mayor Friedman regarding how the City is preparing for a sustainable and resilient future. \nThis special event will discuss important sustainability initiatives and how to make Beverly Hills even more eco-friendly.  Whether you have questions\, suggestions\, or just want to learn more\, this is your chance to engage with City leadership and shape our sustainable future. \nLes is More: An Hour with the Mayor is a special talk series held at City Hall featuring guest speakers and topics. \nTOPICS\nEnergy Resiliency\, Water Efficiency\, and Sustainable Food System \nPANELISTS\nShana Epstein\, Director of Public Works\nJosette Descalzo\, Environmental Compliance & Sustainability Programs Manager\nAmanda Grossman\, Sustainability Program Administrator \nTo participate virtually and for more information on the Mayor’s special talk series featuring guest speakers and topics\, visit beverlyhills.org/LesisMore.
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/les-is-more-an-hour-with-the-mayor/
LOCATION:Beverly Hills City Hall\, Municipal Gallery\, 455 N Rexford Dr\, Beverly Hills\, CA\, 90210\, United States
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