The Data-Driven EnviroLab (Data-Driven Lab) uses cutting edge data analytics to create solutions to the world’s environmental problems. Launched in 2015, the research group is an interdisciplinary collaboration of policy experts, data scientists, visual designers, and interactive programmers. The group was founded and is led by Dr. Angel Hsu.
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Two papers work to quantify progress towards SDG-11—Sustainable and Inclusive Cities
Cities have emerged as important actors on the global sustainability stage. The UN's Sustainable Development Goal-11 (SDG-11) sets the goal for cities to be sustainable and inclusive by 2030. As cities are centers of population growth and economic development...

Data Cleaning Made Easy: The ClimActor R Package
Introductory Video Data-Driven Envirolab has been tracking and aggregating climate commitments by local governments and businesses for the past few years. We do this because these are pivotal actors in accelerating climate action to the scales necessary to avoid...

Tackling Air Pollution: Lessons from COVID-19
What can we learn from our pandemic lock-down to improve air quality in the UAE?

Press Release: Momentum towards zero emissions accelerates alongside Climate Week
September 21, 2020 -- 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...
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