General Purpose Data-Driven Yale is seeking student research assistants to contribute a range of projects aimed to bring quantitative rigor and analysis to environmental policymaking. Research projects include measuring urban environmental performance; assessing...
Despite the urgency of climate change, keeping track of global adaptation efforts has proven tricky. Adaptation means different things in different places: in Rotterdam, the creation of parks that can absorb larger, more frequent floods; in Los Angeles, retrofitting...
Across 2017 and 2018, a series of events aims to track and speed the world’s progress towards the goals of the historic Paris Climate Agreement. During the 2018 Facilitative Dialogue, for instance, national governments will take stock of their collective progress...
Between 2005 and 2013, the size of the digital universe – the space held by the digital information created, replicated, and consumed in a single year – grew by a factor of 33. Big data’s footprint has grown accordingly, fed by data streams that convey...
Cities and regions play an increasingly active role in driving climate action forward. In the landmark Paris climate negotiations, more than 400 city mayors and subnational representatives made climate pledges alongside Fortune 500 CEOs and national governments. In...
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