This year, the United Nations climate summit — COP30 — is taking place in Belém, Brazil. This is The Climate Center’s fifth year as an official observer organization at the Conference of the Parties (COP). The event provides a unique platform to glean ideas from around the world and showcase California’s continued commitment to climate action at a time when the United States has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement. Join us after COP30 to hear about innovative climate solutions we might import to California from experts who were on the ground in Belém. We’ll discuss solutions that cut climate pollution, help us adapt to the climate impacts we can no longer avoid, and make our communities healthier and more vibrant.

Register here!

The LMU Center for Urban Resilience (CURes) is happy to invite all of their collaborators and supporters to join them at their inaugural Cities and the Environment Symposium on Thursday, November 20th 2025!

The symposium will be a convening of researchers, practitioners, and community members to celebrate past successes, future growth and ongoing partnerships of the Cities and the Environment (CATE) Journal and 15 years of CURes operations. 

This will be a public, conference-style format with presentations, group discussions, and a poster session. It will also include lunch, networking coffee breaks and a closing "happy hour" reception. 

Register here.

You’re Invited to California Regional Energy Network’s (CalREN) Second Annual Stakeholder Forum!

At this year's forum, CalREN will bring together California’s regional energy networks (RENs) and other energy leaders to discuss equitable electrification efforts across the state. We’ll cover a range of topics, including:

• Affordability: Exchanging ideas, strategies, and program design models that enhance the affordability of electrification.

• Resilience and Other Non-Energy Benefits: Highlighting programs that can improve health, help communities prepare challenges like power outages, and more.

• Workforce/Codes & Standards: Showcasing energy programs that create jobs and empower building officials to lead on energy.

Join us to connect with fellow RENs, regulatory representatives, investor-owned utilities (IOUs), community choice aggregators (CCAs), and other stakeholders from across the state. You do not want to miss this event!

Learn more about CalREN here: https://californiaregionalenergynetworks.org/

RSVP here

Join the Central Coast Green Building Council (CCGBC) for Green Together: A Celebration of Unity & Growth. Set among the stunning landscapes of the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens, this special gathering brings together our sponsors, partners, and members to honor the year’s achievements and our exciting future as a unified community.

Celebrate connection, collaboration, and shared commitment to a greener, healthier built environment at this end-of-year unification celebration. Enjoy meaningful conversations, beautiful surroundings, and the collective spirit of growth that drives our work forward.

Register here.

Come shape the future of the Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy through the development of the Watershed and Open Space Improvement Plan (WOSIP) — a community-driven effort to strengthen climate resilience, expand green spaces, and enhance the wellbeing of our neighborhoods.
This community meeting on Saturday, November 15, from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM at the Lennox Library aims to:

• Share the draft WOSIP, built from your feedback and ideas

• Highlight how community input has been incorporated

• Gather final comments before the plan is finalized

Spanish translation, childcare, refreshments, and a raffle will be provided!

Your participation will help ensure that the WOSIP reflects the needs, priorities, and vision of those who live, work, and care for our communities.

  Location: Lennox Library
  Date & Time: Saturday, November 15 | 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
  Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/mQi89V5ef2

Come meet your neighbors and discover the incredible trees that make Long Beach thrive! Certified arborist Ben Fisher will lead a talk and guided walk, sharing insights on local tree species, care tips, and the role of urban forests in keeping our neighborhoods cool and connected. 

Register here.

On Nov 12, 2025 12:00-1:00, please join us for the fourth webinar in a series of six that will focus on the newly released CalHeatScore tool. 

This webinar will provide an overview of extreme heat planning at the state level, highlight California communities who are developing local extreme heat plans, and review the purpose and proposed contents of the CalHeatScore User Guide. 

This series is a partnership effort between the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI), the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC), and the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation. 

For more information about CalHeatScore, please visit: https://calheatscore.calepa.ca.gov/. 

Register here: bit.ly/chswebinar4

As Southern California faces increasingly complex fire impacts, understanding how urban and community trees factor into planning, response, and recovery is critical. Join CAL FIRE, the USDA Forest Service, and the Council for Watershed Health for a three-part webinar series exploring how agencies, communities, and partners can better plan, respond, and recover in the face of post-fire challenges. Each session will feature experts and guest speakers sharing insights on critical topics including fire spread in urban and wildland areas, tree safety and risk assessments, soil and water quality impacts, community-led recovery projects.

💻 Location: Online Webinar (Registration required)

Register here.

During these Participatory Science Walks, you will learn how to use scientific tools to measure air pollution, noise pollution, thermal heat, and surface temperatures in your community. In this way, you will have the opportunity to advance your scientific knowledge and gain a better understanding of the current conditions in Boyle Heights.

Register here.

Please visit the website for Climate Resolve’s project to obtain more information: Empowering, Beautifying, and Transforming Our Community. 

Join the Coalition for Clean AIr for a continuing legal education (CLE) webinar featuring Ellen Peter, former Chief Counsel for the California Air Resources Board (CARB), and Ann E. Carlson, UCLA Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and Faculty Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment. Together, they’ll lead a critical discussion on the California waiver under the Clean Air Act. 

Register here.

As Southern California faces increasingly complex fire impacts, understanding how urban and community trees factor into planning, response, and recovery is critical. Join CAL FIRE, the USDA Forest Service, and the Council for Watershed Health for a three-part webinar series exploring how agencies, communities, and partners can better plan, respond, and recover in the face of post-fire challenges. Each session will feature experts and guest speakers sharing insights on critical topics.

💻 Location: Online Webinar (Registration required)

Register here.

This webinar will help the general public and future applicants understand how to incorporate considerations for communities that have been excluded from decision-making and most impacted by environmental hazards into Coastal Development Permit (CDP) applications. Participants will learn a 6-step approach to integrate these considerations into the California coastal permitting process.

💻 Location: Online Webinar (Registration required)

Register here.

At the end of the 2025 legislative season, the Governor and both houses of the legislature came together to advance a historic package of bills that have significant implications for the future of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and the Cap and Trade Program. Rebranded as the Cap and Invest Program, this suite of bills guarantees the future of the program to 2045 and bolsters the program’s viability in the near-term, as the marketplace has been softening due to uncertainty for the program’s future. However, the package of bills has drawn both support and criticism from wide-ranging interests. This webinar will provide an overview of the future of the Cap and Invest Program featuring a panel of individuals deeply involved in negotiating and implementing these policies.

Visit this website for updates when registration opens.

​Teaching for Tomorrow is a hands-on gathering created for K–12 educators to share skills, exchange ideas, and design new approaches for bringing climate learning to the classroom.

​Throughout the day, teachers will collaborate with peers to explore creative teaching practices, workshop lesson ideas, and co-create resources that connect climate literacy with real-world action. The focus is on practical, classroom-ready outcomes—whether that means new projects, activities, or partnerships that strengthen how students understand and engage with climate solutions.

​Hosted as part of the momentum building toward LA Climate Week 2026, this event gives teachers a unique chance to help shape how classrooms across Los Angeles can connect to a larger, citywide movement for climate action and community resilience.

Register Here.

Hosted by LA Climate Week and the Collidescope Foundation, and presented in partnership with the Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance and the LA City Youth Development Department, this day-long workshop blends skill-sharing, storytelling, and hands-on collaboration.

Tomorrow, Together: Weaving LA’s Climate Future is an intergenerational gathering designed to bring students and professionals at every stage of life—early career, mid-career, late career, and retired—into conversation and collaboration around Los Angeles’ climate future.

​Participants will cross-pollinate perspectives, prototype bold ideas, and explore partnerships that can spark meaningful climate solutions across neighborhoods and sectors. This is not a traditional conference or panel. It’s a creative lab where students, culture-makers, neighborhood leaders, and professionals work side by side—each contributing their unique strengths.

Register Here.

Join the Climate Registry, 319Climate, and Climate Resolve for a spooky-fun evening of climate camaraderie — a casual mixer and networking night for SoCal-based professionals conjuring up an equitable, resilient climate transition. Come sip, mingle, and share ideas that cast a lasting spell for change.

Register here.

SCAG is developing a Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) framework to promote more comprehensive and coordinated planning across the region. The framework will help advance the goals and objectives of the Connect SoCal Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy, supporting a more efficient, safe, and reliable transportation system.

SCAG invites you to attend a virtual workshop to share your perspective on the framework, provide insights into how your agency is advancing TSMO strategies, and help identify opportunities for regional collaboration and integration.

Register here.

As Southern California faces increasingly complex fire impacts, understanding how urban and community trees factor into planning, response, and recovery is critical. Join CAL FIRE, the USDA Forest Service, and the Council for Watershed Health for a three-part webinar series exploring how agencies, communities, and partners can better plan, respond, and recover in the face of post-fire challenges. Each session will feature experts and guest speakers sharing insights on critical topics.

💻 Location: Online Webinar (Registration required)

Register here.

Join the virtual community kickoff meeting for the new Urban Forest Plan! This plan will guide how we grow, care for, and invest in Long Beach City's trees for years to come. Your voice is essential! Join Long Beach in shaping a plan that reflects the needs and values of our diverse communities.

Register here.

Join SCAG for a Toolbox Tuesday session showcasing SCAG’s latest transportation safety resources. Participants will explore SCAG’s new SoCal Community Transportation Safety Modeling Tool, an interactive visualization tool that supports collision risk assessment, crash modeling, and safety planning at the Tier II Traffic Analysis Zone level. The tool enables planners and decision-makers to proactively evaluate the safety impacts of potential land use changes, and adjust designs to potentially reduce traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries before finalizing major decisions.  

Register here.

In this webinar, experts from Ascent and the City of Santa Ana will provide an overview of Assembly Bill (AB) 130 and Senate Bill (SB) 131, which amended the CA Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the CA Planning & Zoning Law, the CA Building Code, and other related laws. They will share their insights on anticipated impacts for local governments and practitioners, including housing development, climate action planning, parks and trails development, and other project types. These two bills, enacted as part of the state’s approved budget, has the potential to streamline or accelerate progress on housing, wildfire resilience, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) mitigation, and other aspects of the package, along with challenges for local electrification strategies/climate action plan implementation.

Speakers will include Erik de Kok, Chad Beckstrom, Greta Brownlow, and Ali Pezeshkpour.

Register here.

Join USGBC-CA and Resilient Palisades for a community event and expo featuring approved partner organizations, key community groups, and certified professionals to answer questions and support residents and businesses on their rebuilding journey.

If you are a homeowner or business owner seeking to build a resilient and sustainable home or a professional aiming to enhance your understanding and skillset in sustainable design and building, this event is for you!

The Rebuilding Certificate Training is designed to provide direct insight into our Rebuilding Guide and to help you implement best practices in sustainable rebuilding. Spots are limited to the first 25 who are registered at the Learning Center through the link below. The training will be taking place before the community expo, from 10am-1pm in the same location. Register here.

Get tickets to the expo here.

Join Climate Resolve for a FREE family-friendly outdoor education class with giveaways and lunch provided! Class will feature Camping 101 instruction from community member Tim Jones, emergency preparedness training from The Climate Initiative, and climate education and activities by Climate Resolve. 🏕️🎒

Register here. 

Registration will close on October 20th, so reserve your spot as soon as possible! All information will remain confidential. If you have any questions, feel free to email Janelle Vidal at jvidal@climateresolve.org. 

Learn from local educators at the heart of our communities, guiding us toward a more just and sustainable world.

This virtual convening is to listen and learn from our local educators, hear directly about what's already working in our communities and what they've learned along the way. This is an opportunity to connect with them and explore how the platform of LA Climate Week can amplify their initiatives.

Register here.

Join USGBC-CA and The California Center for Climate Change for Part 2 of their live demo and workshop to explore real plans for rebuilding that come to life in their new visualization engine. Part 2 features the Wildfire Rebuilding Guide - see real plans visualized with Aura—AI, GIS & digital twins for proactive community design.

Register here.

Learn from local faith leaders at the heart of our communities, guiding us toward a more just and sustainable world.

This virtual convening is to listen and learn from our local faith leaders, hear directly about what's already working in our communities and what they've learned along the way. This is an opportunity to connect with them and explore how the platform of LA Climate Week can amplify their initiatives.

Register here.

Join USC Sea Grant at the next AdaptLA Meeting of 2025! The webinar will discuss the newly released California Estuary Assessment (CEA) Tool. The CEA Tool provides remotely-sensed information about mouth state and inundation extent of California bar-built estuaries (BBEs) with the goal of informing BBE management.

The featured speakers will be the tool developers, Karina Alvarez (The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg) and Sarah Payne (University of California, Santa Barbara). Come learn how you can use the CEA tool to evaluate estuary mouth state, inundation extent, and more!

Register here.