Regional Events
The LARC calendar includes climate conferences, meetings, and trainings relevant to the county of Los Angeles and California.
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Featured Events
California Economic Summit
Host: CA FWD
Description: The California Economic Summit is a convening of regional and statewide leaders from business, community, government, philanthropy, labor, and more to catalyze a New California Economy. CA FWD’s focus this year has been supporting leading gubernatorial candidates and legislators to help them deliver positive change from day one. This year’s Summit focuses directly on this work—whether through breakout sessions or plenaries, Summit attendees will have the opportunity to help shape this critical candidate education and help ensure a resilient, sustainable, and inclusive economy.
Register here.
Learn more here.
Circular SoCal 2026
Host: USGBC California
Description: Circular SoCal brings together leaders across design, manufacturing, development, government, utilities, industry, and community organizations to accelerate a more regenerative built environment in Southern California. Through expert conversations and collaboration, the event explores how circular economy principles can move from aspiration to action across materials, buildings, infrastructure, and policy.
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The 2026 La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science Public Lecture: Conserving California's Coastal Waters
Host: UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
Description: Join us for a public discussion of recent advances in ocean conservation and a chance to interact with current UCLA conservation researchers. The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science is thrilled to host our 15th Annual La Kretz Center Public Lecture on Sunday October 18th, 2026 on the UCLA main campus. This year we’ll explore both policy and technological solutions that are shaping marine conservation in the state. The Center is honored to have two Bruin alums, the father/son team Zack and Mark Gold, speak about their work monitoring and protecting California marine ecosystems.
Register here.
Resilient California Summit
The three-day Resilient California Summit in Sacramento will gather California's climate adaptation and resilience practitioners to share best practices and crucial information to inform climate science, policy, and action. They anticipate broad participation from local and state government, Tribal partners, community organizations, utilities, private firms, and academia. Presentations will feature new research findings produced through California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment, innovative resilient projects, and discussions about long-range goals.
The Summit is being organized by the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, Climate Resolve, and Farallon Strategies – with core support from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund, and Resilient Cities Catalyst.
Additional information can be found at www.resilientcaliforniasummit.org.
You may contact Bridget Hauflaire at events@climateresolve.org for additional information.
ET Summit 2026
Host: Energy Transition Coordinating Council
Description: The ET Summit is the ETCC’s premier event for industry stakeholders in the utility customer technologies sector. At this 2-day conference, be ready to connect with entrepreneurs, technologists, policy makers, utilities, and other colleagues while we gather to accelerate the transition, together.
Register here.
EPIC 5 Investment Plan Workshop
Host: California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Description: The purpose of this workshop is to provide an opportunity for the EPIC Administrators to present their EPIC 5 Investment Plans and discuss how their proposed Strategic Initiatives, associated Research Topic Areas (RTAs), and proposed budgets in those plans achieve the Strategic Objectives approved by the CPUC in D.26-02-037. Participants will be able to ask questions and provide feedback on proposed EPIC investment portfolios. Interested parties are encouraged to participate in all three days or may attend the day or days addressing the Strategic Objectives most relevant to their interests.
Register here. Learn more about the workshop here.
Power Up Palisades Education Session
Host: Resilient Palisades
Description: Join the Resilient Palisades "Power Up Palisades" team in learning more about building back solar. This session focuses on the maintenance of solar panels and batteries.
Register and see future meetings here.
Pali Veg Fest
Host: Resilient Palisades
Description: Join Resilient Palisades on Sunday, October 25, from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Palisades Village Green for an afternoon of vegan food, free face painting, pumpkin decorating, trick-or-treating, live music, costumes, children’s activities, environmental education, rebuilding resources, and time together as a community.
RSVP here.
The Dark Frontier: Book Talk
Host: Burbank Public Library
Description: Marine microbiologist and explorer Jeffrey Marlow takes readers on a fascinating journey into the deep sea in The Dark Frontier, exploring one of Earth’s last largely unexplored frontiers. Marlow reveals the remarkable life and ecosystems found in extreme environments, from hydrothermal vents and methane seeps to whale falls, while examining theories about the deep sea’s role in the origins of life. He also explores the growing tensions between ocean exploration and exploitation, including deep-sea mining and the challenges of protecting the high seas. Through stories from scientists, conservationists, and other experts, Marlow offers an accessible look at the wonders of the deep sea and what they can teach us about our planet’s future.
Copies of The Dark Frontier and Alien Oceans will be available at this event, and the authors will be available to sign.
Register here.
Navigating the Intersections of Flood Risk, Insurance, and El Nino
Host: San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative
Description: This webinar will highlight flood risks, its impact on the San Diego region, and how we can leverage insurance solutions to build community and statewide climate resilience to disaster events. Webinar speakers will include experts from Insurance for Good and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Presentations will provide an overview of increasing flood risks in California and the San Diego landscape and how this risk intersects with insurance, and the pending impacts of El Nino and the value of preparing for flood risk early. Additionally, speakers will highlight key takeaways from the latest report “Strengthening Incentives for Flood Risk Reduction in Catastrophe Modeling and Insurance: Recommendations for California Coastal Counties” developed in partnership by the California Ocean Science Trust, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the California Department of Insurance.
Register here.
Toolbox Tuesday: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Host: SCAG
Description: Join SCAG for a Toolbox Tuesday session on Oct. 27 featuring a comprehensive overview of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, landmark federal housing legislation that became law on July 11.
SCAG’s federal lobbyist, Leslie Pollner, will explain the bill’s main points, including changes to housing, transportation, infrastructure, and land use policies to support new housing development and reduce barriers to construction. Pollner will also discuss what the law could mean for local and regional governments and how it might influence future federal housing and transportation policies.
Register here.
Power Up Palisades Education Session
Host: Resilient Palisades
Description: Join the Resilient Palisades "Power Up Palisades" team in learning more about building back solar. This session focuses on the functions of a subpanel and a meter collar.
Register here.
Wildfire Defense in Practice: Building and Landscape Strategies
Host: USGBC-CA
Description: Join USGBC California for a 90-minute virtual technical workshop designed primarily for contractors, builders, architects, designers, landscape professionals, and trade workers. Residents and community leaders seeking a more technical understanding of wildfire resilience are also welcome. No prior Wildfire Defense coursework is required. Bring your questions and an interest in creating safer, more resilient homes and communities.
Learn more and register here.
The Carbon Wave: A Conversation with Professor Leah C. Stokes
Host: UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Description: Join Leah C. Stokes in the wake of election week for a book talk and a chance to hear directly from one of today's leading voices on climate politics. Renowned as both a political scientist and a storyteller, Leah C. Stokes will discuss her new book, The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet, which follows three new parents on the unlikely path to passing the largest climate investment in U.S. history. Join us for this timely conversation about climate policy, civic engagement, and the personal stakes of environmental action.
Register here.
CoMotion LA: Cities on the Move
Join CoMotion LA ‘26 with a special OMF Summit Track on Nov. 18-19.
Connect with the companies building tomorrow’s transportation, the investors backing them, and the city leaders making it happen.
Two days of stellar programming, engaging panels, workshops, demos, networking, energizing talks and after-hours gatherings.
Register here.
December 2026 LARC Network Meeting
The December 2026 LARC Network meeting for climate leaders and practitioners in the Los Angeles region to share best practices, current projects, and opportunities for collaboration. Occurs bimonthly.
For more information about the discussion topic for each meeting, visit www.laregionalcollaborative.com/larc-network-meetings
Register here.
February 2027 LARC Network Meeting
The February 2027 LARC Network meeting for climate leaders and practitioners in the Los Angeles region to share best practices, current projects, and opportunities for collaboration. LARC Network Meetings occur bimonthly on the second Thursday, 10-11:30am. Learn more about the discussion topic for each meeting.
Register here.
April 2027 LARC Network Meeting
The April 2027 LARC Network meeting for climate leaders and practitioners in the Los Angeles region to share best practices, current projects, and opportunities for collaboration. LARC Network Meetings occur bimonthly on the second Thursday, 10-11:30am. Learn more about the discussion topic for each meeting.
Register here.
June 2027 LARC Network Meeting
The June 2027 LARC Network meeting for climate leaders and practitioners in the Los Angeles region to share best practices, current projects, and opportunities for collaboration. LARC Network Meetings occur bimonthly on the second Thursday, 10-11:30am. Learn more about the discussion topic for each meeting.
Register here.
September 2027 LARC Network Meeting
The September 2027 LARC Network meeting for climate leaders and practitioners in the Los Angeles region to share best practices, current projects, and opportunities for collaboration. Occurs bimonthly.
For more information about the discussion topic for each meeting, visit www.laregionalcollaborative.com/larc-network-meetings
Register here.
October 2027 LARC Network Meeting
The October 2027 LARC Network meeting for climate leaders and practitioners in the Los Angeles region to share best practices, current projects, and opportunities for collaboration. Occurs bimonthly.
For more information about the discussion topic for each meeting, visit www.laregionalcollaborative.com/larc-network-meetings
Register here.
December 2027 LARC Network Meeting
The December 2027 LARC Network meeting for climate leaders and practitioners in the Los Angeles region to share best practices, current projects, and opportunities for collaboration. Occurs bimonthly.
For more information about the discussion topic for each meeting, visit www.laregionalcollaborative.com/larc-network-meetings
Register here.
Power Up Palisades Education Session
Host: Resilient Palisades
Description: Join the Resilient Palisades "Power Up Palisades" team in learning more about building back solar. This session focuses on warranties.
Register and see future meetings here.
Book Talk: How to Control a Burning Continent
Hosts: UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, the Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, and the Department of Anthropology
Description: You are invited to a conversation with Dr. Timothy Neale, author of How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent. In this new book, Dr. Neale offers an ethnographic look at wildfire management in Australia, showing how institutional fire agencies increasingly rely on technical control and militarization as they respond to ever-larger fires. Drawing on conversations with fire professionals and Indigenous land stewards, he links today's fire crises to ongoing colonization and argues for moving beyond the logic of control toward learning to live with a flammable world.
Register here.
California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment Webinar Series: Tribal and Indigenous Communities
Host: California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment
Description: During these webinars, each author team will summarize key findings from their report and highlight opportunities to build adaptation capacity and resilience to climate impacts in ways that can inform state and local planning, policy, and action, vulnerability assessments, adaptation planning, and community resilience efforts. The Statewide Topical Reports highlight issues of statewide significance and how the impacts and risks of climate change affect human and natural systems.
Register here.
SGV Clean Air and Water Fair
Host: ActiveSGV
Description: The SGV Clean Air & Water Fair will bring together community members and local organizations for a day focused on clean air and water, climate resilience, and community action in the San Gabriel Valley. The fair will feature informational booths where local organizations will share resources focused on creating more sustainable communities, a Crop Swap, and family-friendly games and activities.
Register here.
October 2026 Network Meeting
About the Meeting
Join the October 2026 LARC Network meeting for climate leaders and practitioners in the Los Angeles region to share best practices, current projects, and opportunities for collaboration. This meeting will include facilitated network sharing and presentations on the Powering Equity Report, an Action Plan to Address Energy Burden and Structural Barriers at LADWP.
Speakers
Aurea Cunanan
Climate Justice Associate
Physicians for Social Responsibility LA
Wendy Miranda Arevalo
Policy Director
Esperanza Community Housing
Aurea is a Climate Justice Associate at PSR-LA, where she coordinates the LEAP-LA coalition and supports other climate-related coalition efforts. She is passionate about addressing the intersection of climate change and public health by focusing on the social determinants of health.
Wendy Miranda is a Policy Associate at Esperanza Community Housing. She supports policy work through advocacy and outreach in multiple coalition spaces in a wide range of issues such as affordable housing, environmental justice, equitable development, and immigrant rights.
For more information about the discussion topic for each meeting, visit www.laregionalcollaborative.com/larc-network-meetings
Net Zero Conference
The Net Zero Conference convenes climate leaders to collaborate on global solutions for change in the built environment. The event is a hub for people in our industry to gather, bridge knowledge gaps, and inspire a net zero future.
Register here.
10-Year Anniversary Symposium | Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
Host: UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Description: Join UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability for a public symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award. The Symposium brings together past Pritzker Award winners and finalists, UCLA faculty, students, and cross-sector partners for substantive dialogue on the defining environmental challenges of our time.
Register here.
California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment Webinar Series: Climate-Induced Human Displacement and Migration
Host: California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment
Description: During these webinars, each author team will summarize key findings from their report and highlight opportunities to build adaptation capacity and resilience to climate impacts in ways that can inform state and local planning, policy, and action, vulnerability assessments, adaptation planning, and community resilience efforts. The Statewide Topical Reports highlight issues of statewide significance and how the impacts and risks of climate change affect human and natural systems.
Register here.
California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment Webinar Series: Racial Equity and Climate Justice
Host: California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment
Description: During these webinars, each author team will summarize key findings from their report and highlight opportunities to build adaptation capacity and resilience to climate impacts in ways that can inform state and local planning, policy, and action, vulnerability assessments, adaptation planning, and community resilience efforts. The Statewide Topical Reports highlight issues of statewide significance and how the impacts and risks of climate change affect human and natural systems.
Register here.
Grounding in Science to Facilitate Collaborative Momentum for California Webinar
Host: ARCCA
Description: This webinar will discuss and celebrate the upcoming release of the California Fifth Climate Change Assessment Report. The webinar will feature a presentation overviewing the Assessment itself, provide details on what to expect, and how to sustain momentum. The release of the California Fifth Climate Change Assessment comes at a time where strengthening our understanding of the science as well as how to navigate potential climate impacts is needed more than ever. The webinar will feature an opportunity for participants to engage and discuss the ways in which the report as well as the accompanying nine regional reports will be utilized to scale, climate adaptation, and resilience efforts across their region.
Register here.
Climate Resilience Community Roundtable #5 (In-Person)
Join Rising Communities for a series of FREE Climate Resilience Community Roundtables designed to bring together residents, community organizations, government agencies, and other local stakeholders to discuss environmental challenges and identify community-driven solutions that will help guide future climate resilience investments throughout the Baldwin Hills Urban Watershed.
Each roundtable provides an opportunity to share your experiences, identify neighborhood priorities, and help shape future projects that build healthier, safer, and more climate-resilient communities. Whether you attend one session or all five, every conversation will strengthen the overall community vision. We encourage participants to attend the roundtable closest to where they live, work, recreate, or spend time so discussions reflect local priorities.
Available at Virtual Convenings: Spanish interpretation and FREE giveaways
Available at In-Person Convenings: Spanish interpretation, FREE giveaways, childcare for children ages 3-12, and refreshments
Register at: bit.ly/crcr2026
For questions, please email: jchavez-cardenas@risingcommunities.org.
Beyond Low-Flow: Making Water Efficiency Irresistible
Hosts: USGBC-CA and the 50L Home Coalition
Description: Join USGBC California and the 50L Home Coalition for a practical discussion of the final findings from the 50L Home Los Angeles Pilot, a multi-year effort testing how high-efficiency fixtures, appliances, products, technology, and behavioral strategies work together in real homes.
Register here.
California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment Webinar Series: Climate Impacts to the Economy
Host: California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment
Description: During these webinars, each author team will summarize key findings from their report and highlight opportunities to build adaptation capacity and resilience to climate impacts in ways that can inform state and local planning, policy, and action, vulnerability assessments, adaptation planning, and community resilience efforts. The Statewide Topical Reports highlight issues of statewide significance and how the impacts and risks of climate change affect human and natural systems.
Register here.
Large Building Electrification: Strategies for Commercial Retrofits
Host: USGBC-CA
Description: Join USGBC California for a practical discussion on electrifying large commercial building systems, featuring perspectives from an engineering firm, a sustainability advisor, and a leading HVAC manufacturer. Together, the panel will explore today's market-ready technologies, the realities of retrofitting existing buildings, and the key considerations for planning successful projects.
Register here.
LABC’s Sustainability Summit
Host: The Los Angeles Business Council
Description: A high-level convening of business, government and nonprofit leaders transitioning to a dynamic, clean energy economy.
Register here.
Understanding West Hollywood's Equitable Building Performance Standards
Host: USGBC-CA
Description: Join this webinar for a practical overview of how EBPS works, who is subject to the requirements, and the compliance pathways available to building owners and managers. USGBC-CA will also highlight resources and support available to help properties navigate benchmarking, performance requirements, and future building improvements.
Register here.
September State Climate Policy Network National Call
Host: Climate XChange
Description: Join advocates, policymakers, and researchers for a one-hour roundup of recent state-level climate policy wins, challenges, and other developments. Our monthly State Climate Policy Network National Call features on-the-ground updates from members in states across the country, followed by a survey of notable state and federal policy actions from Climate XChange’s own experts.
Register here.
Learn more here.
Q3 Poll Briefing: Where Public Opinion Stands on Energy, Climate & EVs
Host: Environmental Polling Consortium (EPC)
Description: Discover how public opinion is shifting on crucial climate and energy issues, and walk away with data-backed messaging strategies to inform your advocacy work.
Register here.
Fall 2026 Economic Outlook: Energy in the Age of AI & WarFall 2026 Economic Outlook: Energy in the Age of AI & War
Hosts: UCLA Anderson Forecast and UCLA Center for Impact
Description: The Fall 2026 UCLA Anderson Forecast Economic Outlook will analyze the economic outlook amid immense pressure on global energy prices. The economy faces a dual energy challenge: a severe global oil shock triggered by the war in Iran is driving up immediate fuel costs, while the rapid expansion of AI datacenters is straining the domestic electricity grid. Together, these forces are creating a complex inflationary landscape that complicates the Federal Reserve's next moves and tests the resilience of the U.S. economic transition.
Register here.
Learn more here.
Clean Mobility Forum
The Clean Mobility Forum, hosted by the Clean Mobility Equity Alliance (CMEA) Team and funded by the California Air Resources Board and the California Energy Commission, runs from Wednesday, September 30, to Thursday, October 1, 2026, at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria in Sacramento, CA.
This two-day hybrid event focused on shared mobility and equitable clean transportation. Attendees can connect with diverse groups and share stories, challenges, successes, and lessons learned through workshops, panel discussions, networking breaks, and more.
This year’s theme is From Alignment to Action: Scaling Equitable Clean Mobility Through Partnership, Practice, and Power, which reflects a shift toward coordinated action and implementation.
It focuses on the need to:
Address real constraints limiting progress
Strengthen cross-sector partnerships
Center community leadership and lived experience
Support projects to scale, sustain, and deliver impact
Register here.
2026 Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Symposium
Hosts: The California Energy Commission, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and San Diego Gas & Electric Company
Description: Join and discover the latest technologies, innovations, and research in the EPIC portfolio, and meet the people making it all happen. The symposium will feature exciting panel discussions with clean energy leaders, policy makers, researchers, and entrepreneurs focused on energy equity and affordability, battery safety, energy storage advancements, next-generation vehicle charging, large building decarbonization, and more!
Register here.
Learn more here.
Keeping Climate in the Conversation: A UCLA Luskin Lecture with Katharine Hayhoe
Hosts: UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs & UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Description: Join on September 28th for the first Luskin Lecture of the fall. Katharine Hayhoe, world-renowned atmospheric scientist and communicator, will share insights on bringing climate change into public decisions and private conversations at a critical crossroads for climate action in California and beyond.
Register here.
Climate Resilience Community Roundtable #4 (Virtual)
Join Rising Communities for a series of FREE Climate Resilience Community Roundtables designed to bring together residents, community organizations, government agencies, and other local stakeholders to discuss environmental challenges and identify community-driven solutions that will help guide future climate resilience investments throughout the Baldwin Hills Urban Watershed.
Each roundtable provides an opportunity to share your experiences, identify neighborhood priorities, and help shape future projects that build healthier, safer, and more climate-resilient communities. Whether you attend one session or all five, every conversation will strengthen the overall community vision. We encourage participants to attend the roundtable closest to where they live, work, recreate, or spend time so discussions reflect local priorities.
Available at Virtual Convenings: Spanish interpretation and FREE giveaways
Available at In-Person Convenings: Spanish interpretation, FREE giveaways, childcare for children ages 3-12, and refreshments
Register at: bit.ly/crcr2026
For questions, please email: jchavez-cardenas@risingcommunities.org.
Fitting Together the Puzzle Pieces of LA's Urban Mosaic: An IJLA Symposium
Join the Infrastructure Justice for LA Coalition on 9/25 to explore how integrated, multi-benefit infrastructure can create a more resilient and equitable LA.
This symposium--featuring speakers across government, private, philanthropic, and non-profit sectors working to advance transformative, climate-ready projects--will explore the various challenges to implementation as well as harmonized solutions. Come be part of the conversation on how we work across development sectors and professional lanes to fit together the puzzle pieces of LA’s great urban mosaic.
Register here.
UCLA Campus Sustainability Tour
Host: UCLA Sustainability
Description: As part of True Bruin Welcome and start of the Fall 2026 quarter, UCLA Sustainability (https://sustain.ucla.edu/) is offering the opportunity for UCLA campus affiliates to take a walking tour of sustainability features (like green buildings, native plants and electric vehicle chargers!) around the UCLA campus, provided by UCLA Sustainability staff and/or campus subject matter experts.
Register here.
Overview of Draft SGMG Program Workshop 2
Host: Department of Water Resources
Description: This virtual workshop will provide a general overview of the Proposition 4 Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program Draft Guidelines. The guidelines cover general program eligibility requirements and a focus on the 2025 legislative directive of $3.5 million for small GSAs and $6.5 million for Technical Assistance.
Register here.
UCLA Campus Sustainability Tour
Host: UCLA Sustainability
Description: As part of True Bruin Welcome and start of the Fall 2026 quarter, UCLA Sustainability (https://sustain.ucla.edu/) is offering the opportunity for UCLA campus affiliates to take a walking tour of sustainability features (like green buildings, native plants and electric vehicle chargers!) around the UCLA campus, provided by UCLA Sustainability staff and/or campus subject matter experts.
Register here.
Wildfire Rebuilding Guide Version 2 Launch Webinar
Host: USGBC-CA
Description: Join for the launch of the Wildfire Rebuilding Guide V2, developed by USGBC California in collaboration with Arup and USGBC-CA’s Wildfire Defense Advisory Committee. Building on a year of continued engagement with experts in wildfire recovery, resilient design, sustainable construction, and community resilience, this updated guide reflects lessons learned following the January 2025 fires and the evolving realities facing rebuilding communities.
Register here.
Coastal Connections 2026
Join The Bay Foundation for Coastal Connections as we celebrate the people, partnerships and projects restoring our coast.
Enjoy cocktails and dinner as they highlight recent restoration successes, share what’s ahead, and honor leaders making a lasting difference for our ocean and communities.
Carbon Forward Summit: Building Towards the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games
Carbon Forward is California's annual event for advancing lower-carbon materials and sustainable construction, convening architects, engineers, developers, manufacturers, policymakers, and building owners to move innovation into standard practice.
As California prepares to host the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games, it gives the region a rare chance to show how major investment in buildings and infrastructure can drive lasting change.
Expect sessions on lower-carbon concrete, steel, mass timber, and other materials, procurement strategies, circular construction, and policy developments, alongside real-world case studies. This event will also mark the release of a first-of-its-kind regional assessment of lower-carbon concrete suppliers and technologies.