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Children hold signs protesting climate change at COP29.

Perspectives: COP29’s bold steps and shortcomings in the climate crisis fight

The UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity provides a perspective from the UN Climate Change Conference.


Fellows from the Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Fellowship

These California climate leaders all have one thing in common

Through work-study programs like the Bonnie Reiss Leading on Climate Fellowship, students build their resumés for future careers in climate science, policy and activism.


UCOP grant funds housing and climate resilience research

A UC-backed research study is examining how the urban housing crisis drives development to natural areas.


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Climate Action research grants assist Tribal nations with resource management

California Climate Action Seed Grant-funded research projects are establishing collaborations between academic institutions and Tribal nations.


Jazmin Nevarez Campos, undergraduate researcher at UC Merced

How UC students are turning climate anxiety into action

Through the Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellowship, students at every UC location do climate research, organize peers to take action and develop practical solutions to climate challenges.


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Plans for water equity in a warming world

Researchers are exploring ways to distribute California surface water more equitably among agriculture, cities and unincorporated communities, and the environment.


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UC Health receives global recognition for climate change and resiliency leadership

Five University of California academic health centers have been honored for their ongoing efforts to address climate change and strengthen resiliency.


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Health becomes a priority in climate conversations

Arianne Teherani, founding co-director of the UC Center for Climate, Health and Equity, shares why it's so important for climate change to be recognized as a global health emergency.


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Celebrating a record-setting climate research investment

UC recently convened a historic forum in Sacramento on nearly $100 million in California climate action projects.


New UC-backed research is helping California communities respond to the climate crisis

Using $80M in state funds, we're administering two-year climate resilience projects in every part of California, tackling wildfire, water, health, biodiversity, sea level rise, clean energy and disaster response.


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UC awards more than $80 million in state-funded grants to spur climate action

The innovations catalyzed by the Climate Action awards will make all of our communities safer, more sustainable, and more resilient.


UC Berkeley campus building with solar panels

UC adopts new, stronger climate action goals

New goals that prioritize direct emission reductions, limit the use of carbon offsets and align UC’s climate goals with those of the state of California.


The main meeting space at the Bonn Climate Change Conference

UC Health goes behind the scenes at Bonn

Arianne Teherani and Sapna Thottathil created a blog about their experience attending the UN Climate Change Convention in Bonn, Germany.