by Data-Driven Lab | Nov 11, 2024 | CCARC, Featured, Policy, Press Release
The Cities Climate Action Report Card (CCARC) is a new tool that measures the transparency, integrity, and leadership of cities’ net-zero pledges, climate action plans, and implementation strategies. Building on foundational scientific recommendations from...
by Ella Feathers | Oct 31, 2024 | Featured, Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index, Urbanization
This month, we launched the 2024 Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI), both as a PDF report and updated webpage. With our new and improved website, users can more easily explore the nuances of UESI cities’ performances and easily compare any given...
by Ella Feathers | Sep 12, 2024 | Featured, Hiring
DDL is excited to welcome seven new research assistants (RAs) to our team for the fall semester! With expertise ranging from human-computer interaction to sociology to environmental science, our new RAs bring a wide range of new skills and perspectives to the lab....
by Ella Feathers | Sep 9, 2024 | AI, Climate, Featured
With the rapid rise of ChatGPT and generative AI, which utilize large language models (LLMS) to process and generate human-like text, new possibilities have emerged for addressing complex global challenges like the climate crisis. The most recent 2024 annual...
by Diego Manya Gutierrez | Aug 14, 2024 | AI, Climate, Featured
This blog was written by Research Associate Diego Manya, who attended ICLEI World Congress 2024 and will attend the Innovate4Cities event in September. As a data scientist working at the intersection of data science, climate, and policy, I had the opportunity...
by Ella Feathers | Jul 1, 2024 | Featured, Hiring
The Data-Driven EnviroLab is excited to welcome two summer Research Assistants from Yale-NUS College (YNC) in Singapore, Sze Koy Ho and Ming Cheng Yap. Working on a range of projects with other scientists and research assistants in the Lab, we are excited to see the...