Our new open-access paper in Nature Communications reveals disparities in urban heat exposure in major U.S. cities with a population greater than 250,000. Combining satellite remote sensing data with U.S. Census demographic data, this study – the most comprehensive to date – reveals people of color and below poverty communities are disproportionately exposed to higher heat intensity in urban areas. Read the paper or explore the data in our Google Earth Engine application.

Our new open-access paper in Nature Communications Earth and Environment utilizes natural language processing techniques and a database of over 9,000 city, regional and national government, and corporate climate actions to understand how actors are taking climate action and whether they are coordinated. 

In our new paper in Scientific Data, we make available the largest global database of city and regional government participation in climate action. We also developed an R package to enable efficient data cleaning and addition of contextual data to subnational actors making climate mitigation targets. 

A follow up to our September 2020 report, Navigating the nuances of net-zero targets dives deeper into analyzing the ambition of net-zero targets by cities, regions and businesses. The report is filled with useful case studies and best practices for net-zero target setters to achieve ambition and transparency, while equipping citizens with the knowledge to better assess these targets

Cities generate more than 70 percent of global climate emissions. But they’re also among the most vulnerable places to climate change’s impacts. They have the ability to steer our climate future. Check out Angel’s talk featuring Data-Driven Lab’s work in the TED Climate Countdown event.

Cities, regions and companies are pledging to net-zero emissions on a growing scale, taking important steps towards keeping the Paris Agreement within reach. The number of local governments and businesses committing to a net-zero emissions target by the end of the century has grown since late 2019, according to a new analysis from Data-Driven EnviroLab and NewClimate Institute.

Cities are pledging to take climate action in growing numbers. But are they on track to deliver their goals? An analysis from Data-Driven Lab, published in Nature Climate Change, finds that 60 percent of 1,000 European cities are on track to achieve their 2020 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

Regions, cities, and businesses operating within ten of the world’s major emitting economies could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 3.5-5.5 percent in 2030, compared with the emissions expected from current national policies, according to a new article co-authored by Data-Driven Lab in Climate Policy.