Climate Change in Unscripted Television
Cover of the July 2024 issue of Climate Unscripted.

Building upon our research on climate change issues in scripted film/TV, this study looks at the prevalence of sustainability and climate-related topics in unscripted television.

Contemporary Architecture and the Natural Environment
Professor Yo-ichiro Hakomori.

Prof. Yo-ichiro Hakomori’s latest projects include the renovation of the Berkshire Museum and a sustainable residence in the Yucca Valley.

USC Dornsife Public Exchange and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) work together to advance use of nature-based solutions to tackle climate change
A stylized representation of the Earth with continents highlighted in shades of green and beige. Surrounding the globe are abstract leaves and organic shapes.

At USC’s Capital Campus in Washington, D.C., policymakers, researchers and practitioners from across the country explored how nature can be used to address increasingly frequent climate-associated risks, such as floods, heatwaves and fires.

Wrigley Institute Names 2024 Faculty Innovation Award Winners
A swimmer wearing a wetsuit, large swim goggles, and a snorkel reaches for a large kelp plant underwater.

The Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability (WIES) has named its 2024-2026 cohort of Faculty Innovation Award winners.

How Buildings can Improve Life — A TED Talk by Doris Sung
USC faculty member Doris Sung.

Faculty Doris Sung delivered a TED Talk about reimagining building facades as active contributors to urban life and public health.

Five USC Students Named Summer Sustainability Fellows
The USC Libraries' five summer 2024 sustainability fellows. (Credit: Anne-Marie Maxwell)

The USC Libraries have named five students as their summer 2024 sustainability fellows.

Bugs thrive in urban Los Angeles – volunteers’ traps reveal biodiversity hot spots for city insects and spiders
Volunteers tend to an insect trap in Los Angeles. (Deniz Durmus, courtesy of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, CC BY-SA)

City life can mean lots of pavement and habitat loss. But many bug species are hanging on, especially in neighborhoods with steady temperatures near the mountains.

Price student’s big idea to cut auto emissions: mini EVs
Dylan Di, standing in front of an EV charging station. (Photo: Qinhe Wang)

The federal government’s plan to combat climate change largely hinges on phasing out gas powered vehicles – with transportation making up the largest source of U.S. climate emissions. 

Price professor is a leading expert on economics of climate change, energy and transportation
Antonio Bento, a professor of public policy and economics at the USC Price School.

You might wonder what Antonio Bento, an economist, is doing at a school of public policy.

Answer: He wants his research to have an impact on policy. And it has.

New NSF-Funded Center Established to Lead Geologic CO2 Storage Innovation
The words Co2 inside of a cloud, surrounded by separate symbols representing a factory, recycling, solar power, car, windpower overlayed on a background of a forest seen from an aerial view.

The center will lead to new technologies and workforce development.