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Sara Savarani
Senior Fellow
Sara is a Senior Fellow at the Guarini Center. Her research spans from urban environmental law and sustainability to global ocean governance and plastics. She received her BS in Environmental Science from UCLA and her JD from New York University School of Law.
While at UCLA, Sara was part of a team that endeavored to create a municipal carbon neutral scoping plan. In law school, she conducted research for the Institute for Policy Integrity and worked as a summer law clerk at the California Office of the Attorney General in the Lands, Environment, and Natural Resources Law sections. Sara was Managing Editor of the Environmental Law Journal while at NYU School of Law.
Recent Publications
Global Sustainable Cities: City Governments and Our Environmental Future
Over half of the world’s population now lives in cities, and this share is expected to increase in the coming decades. With growing urbanization, cities and their residents...
Read MoreEquitable Electrification: Could City and State Policies Aggravate Energy Insecurity?
Progressive cities and states have begun enacting policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, one of the leading sources of such emissions in the United States. The...
Read MoreEquitable Electrification: Could City and State Policies Aggravate Energy Insecurity?
Progressive cities and states have begun enacting policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, one of the leading sources of such emissions in the United States. The...
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