by Data-Driven Lab | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Urban Index
Low-income neighborhoods often miss out on their fair share of environmental benefits, even in cities recognized as environmental leaders. A handful of cities show how to enact more equitable environmental management. Friday February 7, 2020: A first-of-its-kind...
by Angel Hsu | Jan 15, 2020 | Climate, Featured
Next week, Jan. 21-24, world leaders will meet in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, which is themed “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World.” This marks the first time that the annual convening has chosen to focus on...
by Willie Khoo | Dec 11, 2019 | Data, Featured, Urban Index
The Guggenheim Museum in the City of Bilbao, Spain, is one of the most iconic buildings of modern architecture. Coiled along the Nervion river under the Basque country sun, it is a writhing, breathtaking contortion of titanium, stone, and glass, all polish and sheen,...
by Angel Hsu | Dec 1, 2019 | Featured
You’re invited to engage with a diverse group of stakeholders on Radical Collaboration for Climate Change: Digital Solutions to Tracking Progress. The event will feature innovative digital solutions from the Open Climate Collabathon, a two-week global hackathon with...
by Willie Khoo | Sep 10, 2019 | Featured, Sustainability, Urban Index
Cities pack a lot of heat. Increasing human activity and the clearing of land for infrastructure are quickly driving up their temperatures. This local phenomenon, known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect, is compounded by rising temperatures from global climate...
by Angel Hsu | Jul 10, 2019 | Featured
Photo courtesy of the World Bank Innovate4Climate Summit. Claire Krummenacher, Yale-NUS College ’20, contributed to this blog post. On June 6 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, I had the privilege of joining Gwen Robinson, Chief Editor of the Nikkei...
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