Air pollution is the leading environmental killer worldwide; its microeconomic impact, however, is not well understood. Our first publication of 2024 explores the relationship between consumer spending and ambient air pollution using data from Spain to help fill that...
During New York Climate Week, the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) announced that they will launch Integrity Matters for Cities, States, and Regions, a report applying UN standards on net-zero commitments to subnational contexts, this December at COP28. Following up...
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...
On August 28, 2021, we sent nearly 40 volunteers armed with handheld sensors, smartphones, and smartwatches to help collect urban heat data around town. This citizen science campaign was in partnership with the NC Museum of Life and Science and the Town of Chapel...
My colleagues and I recently wrote a paper distilling the challenges of environmental indicator development in China, based on the report we released last November, “Towards a China Environmental Performance Index.” Here are some highlights of the article:...
This article first appeared in the Spring 2011 edition of Yale:Environment. In Cancún, China Changes Its Image By Angel Hsu and Yupu Zhao The U.N.-led climate talks in Cancún last December were largely touted as a success. Countries reached near consensus on...
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