by Angel Hsu | Jan 24, 2020 | Climate, UNFCCC
While the latest climate negotiations held in Madrid (COP-25) were widely panned as a “lost opportunity” and one of the worst outcomes in the history of the multilateral process, there were a few bright spots of optimism for the role of cities, regions, companies and...
by Willie Khoo | Dec 10, 2019 | Big data, Data, Data Visualization, UNFCCC
November saw the launch of the inaugural Open Climate Collabathon, a decentralized and open-source eco-hackathon organized by Yale OpenLab and hosted by partner institutions, or nodes, all around the world. Featuring 8 nodes, 21 prompts, and 350 participants, the...
by Yihao Xie | Jan 9, 2018 | China, UNFCCC
COP-23 negotiations in Bonn, Germany China’s message to the world at the latest UN climate talks was clear: its climate and emission goals would be honored, with or without the United States. But does that make China the new global leader in climate action? After the...
by Data-Driven Lab | Dec 13, 2017 | Climate, UNFCCC
Representatives from 195 nations and roughly 20,000 delegates from across the world gathered over a fortnight in Bonn, Germany for the 23rd annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-23), the next step for...
by Ryan Thomas | Oct 25, 2016 | Big data, Data, Presentations, UNFCCC, Urbanization
Last week, a group of over 45,000 attendees and representatives from 143 countries and 500 cities[1] participated in the adoption of the New Urban Agenda (the Agenda) at the UN-Habitat III conference in Quito. The Agenda includes a vision of sustainable urbanism,...
by Carlin Rosengarten | Jun 20, 2016 | Big data, Data, Energy, UNFCCC
Above: Kai and F&ES classmate Andrew Moffat at the Renewable Energy Industries Forum 2015 in Washington, D.C. Hailing from Harbin (哈尔滨市), the capital of China’s Heilongjiang (黑龙江) province – known as the “Ice City” for its extremely cold winters – Xu Kaiyang (Kai)...
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