Students in the Hot Seat: The Impact of Heat on Education
October 27, 2020
Increased heat can affect students’ academic performance, especially students who are Black, Hispanic, or from low-income families.
Sydney Montesano
Boiling Point: These maps show how air pollution and COVID-19 can be a deadly mix
October 8, 2020
Michael Jerrett interviewed in the Los Angeles Times
More parks could increase life expectancy in LA County’s Latino and Black communities
September 28, 2020
New research shows that adding green space in LA’s “park poor” neighborhoods could lead to a population-level gain of some 165,000 years in life expectancy.
“I Can’t Breathe”: A Rallying Cry for Both #BlackLivesMatter and Environmental Justice
September 25, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown some of the ways that Black communities face the harshest consequences of our public health failures. We need to work together to implement climate adaptive policies that protect Black lives and close the gap.
The luxury air business is booming — as many Californians struggle to breathe
September 23, 2020
Michael Jerrett quoted in the Los Angeles Times
As fires and floods wreak havoc on health, new climate center seeks solutions
September 23, 2020
UCLA C-Solutions featured in California Healthline and Kaiser Health News, including an interview with Co-Directors Jonathan Fielding and Michael Jerrett
Confronting an escalating health emergency
September 22, 2020
The new FSPH-based UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions will work with policymakers on strategies for protecting human health against a growing threat.
As wildfire smoke becomes a part of life on the West Coast, so do its health risks
September 16, 2020
Michael Jerrett quoted in the Washington Post
As second heat wave sears California, experts say health impacts will worsen with climate change
September 5, 2020
Jonathan Fielding quoted in the Los Angeles Times
“If we don’t solve the climate issue, we won’t have a habitable planet”: UCLA creates new climate solutions center
September 3, 2020
Jonathan Fielding interviewed on NBC Los Angeles