by Angel Hsu | Dec 1, 2025 | Featured, Lab news
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...
by Angel Hsu | Jun 30, 2025 | Climate, Conferences, Featured, Global Climate Action
At the 2025 TED Countdown Nairobi event, I had the opportunity to join the first Debatable event, where six activists, scientists, business and finance representatives took sides to debate the motion: “1.5 may be dead, but the goal should remain.” We were...
by Angel Hsu | Mar 17, 2025 | China, Climate, Featured, Global Climate Action
The following blog post was written by Angel Hsu, Director of the Data-Driven EnviroLab and Associate Professor at UNC. In this piece, she delves into the potential for future climate action in both China and the U.S. to overcome the setbacks caused by the current...
by Angel Hsu | Sep 8, 2022 | Climate, Data, Data Visualization, Publications
Analysis of climate policy documents from 318 cities shows that specific text patterns can predict ambitious plans and that deciding cities’ climate strategies involves trade-offs. Read the paper published in npj Urban Sustainability. This blog was...
by Angel Hsu | Aug 24, 2020 | Featured
This blog is cross-posted from CarbonBrief, where it was originally published. At the time of writing, more than 10,000 cities around the world have committed to some form of climate action. These efforts range from setting emission reduction targets to adopting...
