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Insurance, Risk, and Resilience in a Changing World Panel Discussion
Three panelists examine what that failure looks like from the inside, where financial instruments to do better already exist, and what it would take to build a system designed for the world we are actually in. Join us via Zoom on May 29, 2026.
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UC Davis Academic Senate passes second-in-the-nation Climate Literacy Requirement
This new UC Davis Climate Change Literacy GE requirement ensures students graduate with a strong foundation in climate literacy, justice, resilience, solutions, and related career paths.
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Support a UC Systemwide Climate Committee
A proposal for a UC-wide Academic Senate committee on climate change is currently under review. UCSC Climate Action Now is supporting a letter to advocate for this effort. UC faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to sign by April 10.
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UCSC CAN Photo Contest
Submit up to 5 original photos showcasing climate in community, culture, sustainability, and action at UCSC. Winners receive cash prizes and featured on our website and Instagram. Deadline on June 12, 2026.
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Featured Faculty Spotlight: Juli Hazlewood
Intercultural geographer and activist Dr. Juli Hazlewood has spent nearly 30 years in Ecuador’s Chocó rainforests, working alongside Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities to protect critically endangered forests, rivers, and ways of life.
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New Joint Committee on Climate Change, Sustainability and Resilience
The JCCCSR is a standing committee of the Academic Senate, which is composed of three subcommittees focused on research, teaching, and operations.
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Key Blindspots of the Walrus Movement
The "Walrus Movement" is Nate Hagens' term for well-intentioned champions of morally sound social and ecological goals who, however, do not take the biophysical limits and energetic realities of the planet into account.
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