Project Highlights
Grid Resilience for Vulnerable Communities
Building the Clean Energy Workforce of the Future
Global Climate Opinion Mapping
Cleaning Up Heavy Industry
The 2035 Initiative at UC Santa Barbara is a cutting-edge “think-and-do” tank that brings together world-leading environmental policy research labs to develop actionable roadmaps for slashing climate pollution and ushering in a more equitable, resilient future. We use empirical research, policy development, and media engagement to support transformational policy change in the United States and across the planet.
Our research has four core aims:
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Develop roadmaps for federal climate investments
We are creating empirically-grounded roadmaps for the next federal window of opportunity.
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Evaluate the impact of federal climate investments
We are researching how clean technologies are being deployed across the US.
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Create state-level climate policy roadmaps
We are creating roadmaps to inform state-level climate policymaking opportunities.
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Build global climate data infrastructure
We are developing data-driven tools for global climate philanthropies, policymakers, and the media.
Featured News and Events
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Energy Equity: Pathways to a Green Economy on the Central Coast
UCSB Community Labor Center presents a talk and community discussion on Thursday, February 20th at 6:30pm with Dr. Mijin Cha, author of A Just Transition for All: Workers and Communities for a Carbon-Free Future, moderated by David Pellow.
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Energy Equity for All: What do Central Coast Workers and Communities Need to Thrive?
Join us on campus for an opportunity to attend Dr. Mijin Cha's discussion, "Energy Equity for All: What do Central Coast Communities and Workers Need to Thrive," on Thursday, February 20th at 12-1:15pm.
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Collaborative Levers for Methane Abatement in National Oil Companies
National oil companies dominate industry methane emissions; enlisting them to clean up requires understanding the governments that manage them.
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Leah Stokes: 2024 Schneider Award Winner
Dr. Leah Stokes is the recipient of the 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication.
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Leah Stokes Part of Inaugural Forbes Sustainability Leaders
Forbes recognized 50 honorees as part of its inaugural Sustainability Leaders list, which highlights 50 entrepreneurs, scientists, funders, policymakers and activists who are leading the charge to combat the climate crisis.
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7,000 wildfires burned across California in 2023 alone. The solution is to fight fire with fire.
2035 Initiative BEL Fellows Izzy Sofio and Katie McElroy explore the role of using prescribed burning to reduce the risk of a larger wildfire.
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UCSB Social Psychology Colloquium: Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change
Join us for a talk by Cameron Brick, an Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. This event is hosted by the UCSB Social Psychology Colloquium and is co-sponsored by The 2035 Initiative.
The 2035 Initiative is a collaboration between world-leading environmental policy and politics research labs at the University of California Santa Barbara. We are a project of the UCSB Division of Social Sciences, and affiliated with the UCSB Institute for Energy Efficiency.
Learn more about what we do and who we are.