Loyola Marymount University (LMU) started using recycled water for campus landscape irrigation in 1997. The water is supplied by LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP). It is secondary treated wastewater … Read more

Dr. John M. Carfora, Associate Provost, Research Advancement and Compliance Office of Academic Affairs and Dr. Eric Strauss, Executive Director of the Center for Urban Resilience hosted a delegation from Pakistan … Read more

A couple of days ago I gave the second presentation in The Annenberg Foundation seminar, “Urban Ecology and Our Cities Future”. I spoke on ethics and urban ecology, with a … Read more

This week, I will attend the first-ever Global Adaptation Network (GAN) Forum in Panama City. The event will draw adaptation experts, practitioners and policymakers from across the globe to share … Read more

With more frequent heat waves predicted, it is essential to study health outcomes associated with elevated temperature.  By identifying vulnerable subgroups, some heat-related deaths, illnesses, and adverse health outcomes can … Read more

  Climate change models predict more frequent and more intense extreme weather events (EWE) for Europe in future decades. Great attention has been devoted to the health effects of high … Read more

Iingcungcu is an isiXhosa name referring to Sunbirds and Sugarbirds with long beaks. Inspired by the global decline in pollinators and the need to nurture leadership for biodiversity in youth, … Read more

Mediterranean-climate cities must cooperate to adapt to climate change impacts. To help jumpstart this learning, several co-authors and I are working on a project to examine the climate adaptation planning … Read more

In 2009, the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC) was established to mobilize support for local and regional responses to climate change in Los Angeles County. LARC … Read more

The recent release of the latest climate analytics and prediction from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2014 Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report has reignited the already fierce battle over … Read more

In the fall of 2014, Eric (Dr. Eric Strauss, Executive Director of CURes) and I gave a set of public presentations on urban ecology. Both of our talks were sponsored … Read more