by Ella Feathers | Jan 27, 2023 | Climate, Data, Featured
Last fall, DDL released the 2022 Global Climate Action Report, which analyzes subnational actors’, including cities and companies, climate ambitions and progress towards commitments. The report provides valuable information to policymakers and researchers about the...
by Ella Feathers | Dec 2, 2022 | Climate, Data, Featured, Policy
Last month, the Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) participated in the United Nations COP27 Climate Conference to share our work in multiple domains. Here’s a recap of the major themes where the DDL contributed research and insights. Emerging Technologies and Climate Data We...
by Ella Feathers | Oct 14, 2022 | Climate, Data, GHGs, Policy
On October 4th, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on Development of a Framework for Evaluating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making released a report examining approaches to evaluate...
by Ella Feathers | Oct 7, 2022 | Climate, Heat, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
by Tuviere Onookome-Okome During the summer of 2022, the Northeast has seen unprecedented temperatures. Boston broke its daily record, seeing temperatures reach 100 degrees at the Boston Logan International Airport (Source) where the previous record-high temperature...
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 Natalie Short | Sep 5, 2022 | Climate, Data, Hiring
The Data-Driven EnviroLab welcomes Kaihui Song, our new postdoctoral research associate. Kaihui obtained her Ph.D. in Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. She is a sustainability enthusiast and a well-trained professional with over nine years of...