UCLA Sustainability

Get Ready for COP17 in Armenia! Come Together to Learn and Discuss How to Engage
2026-06-17 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Armenia takes center stage this October as host to one of the most important global summits for the future of life on earth, COP17 – the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) 17th Conference of Parties – under the theme “Taking Action for Nature.” You’re invited to a special virtual meeting hosted in collaboration with the California Global Diversity Alliance ahead of COP17. As environmental challenges continue to impact communities around the world, connecting local action with global conservation goals has never been more important.
Speakers include:
– US Congressperson Laura Friedman
– CA Assemblymember Nick Schultz
– Mike Young, Executive Director of California Environmental Voters
– and others to be announced
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How Worried Should You Be About This Air?
2026-06-24 19:30 - 20:30
Join L.A. Material’s Antonia Cereijido and Jessica Garrison for a conversation with experts about Los Angeles air quality amid the ongoing Boyle Heights warehouse fire.
Guest experts include:
– Yifang Zhu, professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences
– Sam Silva, assistant professor of Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering at USC
– Jill Johnston, associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at UCI
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