by Amy Weinfurter | Mar 24, 2017 | Climate, Data, Data Visualization
“R is like piano – you have to practice the scales before you jump into playing Jimi Hendrix.” These words of advice, from Data-Driven Research Assistant and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies masters student Matt Moroney, felt particularly right for...
by Amy Weinfurter | Feb 21, 2017 | Sustainability
General Purpose Data-Driven Yale is seeking summer 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;...
by Amy Weinfurter | Jan 23, 2017 | China
China’s environmental management faces a key crossroad. Its transformation into the world’s second largest economy has generated industrial growth and increased consumption. The resulting air pollution, rising greenhouse gas emissions, and soil and water contamination...
by Amy Weinfurter | Dec 2, 2016 | Climate, Groundswell
Cities, regions, companies, investors and civil society organizations made headlines last year, coming forward in record numbers to commit to climate action alongside national leaders at the Paris Climate Conference. This November, the international community gathered...
by Amy Weinfurter | Nov 18, 2016 | Featured
Climate action from cities, states and regions, businesses, investors and civil society organizations has grown rapidly. The Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA), maintained and operated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),...
