The annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium brings together influential planners, policymakers, academics, and other stakeholders for three days of immersive discussion on the connections between land use, transportation, and the environment. This October’s 27th edition of the gathering tackled the highly relevant topic of “Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains,” examining how land use policy interacts with and often impedes climate goals.

Sessions covered everything from housing displacement to freight logistics to infrastructure planning for greenhouse gas emissions. Speakers summarized some of the symposium’s key themes and insights in the video below:

We’ve also recapped three selected sessions in more detail:

• Building our way to denser, greener, more affordable neighborhoods
  Dr. Paavo Monkkonen, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
  Sen. Scott Wiener, California State Senate
  Dena Belzer, Strategic Economics
• How pricing and technology can improve transportation and climate impacts
  Dr. Michael Manville, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
  Ellen Greenberg, California Department of Transportation
  Dr. Anne Goodchild, University of Washington
• Implementing climate goals through local tools
  Jason Neville, Building Blocks
  Ann Cheng, GreenTRIP
  Terri Harding, City of Eugene, Oregon
  Randall Winston, Strategic Growth Council

Thanks to all of our speakers, guests, and sponsors for an engaging event. Stay tuned to the Arrowhead website to learn more about attending next year’s symposium and to keep up with our related events throughout the year.