Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
Welcome Yuan Fang, PhD, to the Data-Driven EnviroLab Team!
Dr. Yuan Fang recently joined Data-Driven EnviroLab as a Post-doctoral Researcher. Dr. Fang completed her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where her research bridged industrial organization, environmental and energy economics, and policy...
Dr. Sarah Berk Attends ESA-NASA Workshop on AI Foundation Models for Earth Observation
Dr. Sarah Berk recently represented Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) at the 2nd ESA-NASA Workshop on AI Foundation Models for Earth Observation at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In this blog post, Dr. Berk shares her experience at the...
A reality check for Scope 2 accounting: Balancing integrity with feasibility
A reality check for Scope 2 accounting: Balancing integrity with feasibility DDL provides input to the GHG Protocol Scope 2 revisions By Katherine Burley Farr and Angel Hsu At the end of January, Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) submitted a response to the Greenhouse Gas...
Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) Celebrates 10 years of Impact
This year, Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) celebrated 10 years of transforming environmental data into action. Dr. Angel Hsu founded DDL during her joint appointment as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Yale-NUS College in Singapore and adjunct at the...
Creating ClimActor 2.0: Wrestling Borders, Bureaucracy, and Endless Edge Cases
5 years ago, we released ClimActor, the largest harmonized global dataset of more than 10,000 subnational entities participating in climate policy networks like the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, C40 Cities for Climate Leadership, ICLEI Local...
AGU25 in New Orleans: Advancing Urban Climate Research
This December, I headed to New Orleans to attend the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, one of the largest international conferences for Earth and space sciences. Presenting Urban Heat Research Tuesday morning began with presenting “Development of an...
NASA EJ Community Advisory Board and Local Government Meeting: Advancing Heat Equity in Durham
The following blog was written by Sarah Berk, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Data-Driven EnviroLab. A key part of the project “Exploring Disparities and Solutions to U.S. Urban Heat Stress and Climate Justice” is recognising the importance of integrating...
Call for Collaboration: Bridging NAZCA and the Yearbook with Subnational and Non-State KPIs
On 15 December 2025, the CAMDA community met around a familiar climate challenge: we have no shortage of initiatives, coalitions, and commitments, but we still struggle to measure what they deliver, compare progress across efforts, and translate activity into a clear...
New Study Reveals Rapidly Growing Heat Exposure Inequities Across the United States by 2100, Especially in Southeastern States
A new peer-reviewed study led by Kaihui Song and colleagues presents the most detailed national assessment to date of how rising temperatures will intensify disparities in moist heat hazards across the United States by the end of the century. This interdisciplinary...
Data-Driven EnviroLab’s refreshed website and brand identity – centering people in our climate work
Since our founding in 2016, Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) has collaborated with researchers across the world to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our team of policy experts, data scientists, and designers creates tools that translate messy...
