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
On January 14, 2015, the Los Angeles Times featured CURes in the following article: “Center for Urban Resilience sees L.A. as laboratory for green solutions“.
Jim Landry was elected President of Friends of Ballona Wetlands at its January 2015 meeting. Jim is the Senior Director of Operations for CURes. He is also Professor and Chair of the … Read more
I recently met a woman from South Los Angeles, who lost her five year-old son 30 years ago when a Los Angeles police officer accidentally shot and killed him. At … Read more
CURes researcher Dr. Michele Romolini received great news this week! She was formally approved as a Co-Principal Investigator of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES). As one of two urban sites in … Read more
December begins the season to assess the year’s ending and thank all the people that contributed to its success. It is hard to believe that 2014 is at a close, … Read more
On a map of Los Angeles County, South El Monte looks pretty far from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westchester. Yet the recent approval of $3 million for the San … Read more
Since the successful Mediterranean City Conference in Athens, we have been busy behind the scenes putting together the next phase of the Mediterranean City Climate Change Consortium (MC-4). It is … Read more