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The latest blog posts from our research projects.
Are different actors coordinating on climate change?
Large-scale text analysis of strategy documents finds that climate change actions vary among actors at different scales - and that there may be room for better coordination. This content is cross-posted from the SpringerNature Sustainability Community blog - read the...
Two papers work to quantify progress towards SDG-11—Sustainable and Inclusive Cities
Cities have emerged as important actors on the global sustainability stage. The UN's Sustainable Development Goal-11 (SDG-11) sets the goal for cities to be sustainable and inclusive by 2030. As cities are centers of population growth and economic development...
Data Cleaning Made Easy: The ClimActor R Package
Introductory Video Data-Driven Envirolab has been tracking and aggregating climate commitments by local governments and businesses for the past few years. We do this because these are pivotal actors in accelerating climate action to the scales necessary to avoid...
Communicating Air Pollution
Air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor globally, claiming 4.2 million lives a year. Though 92 percent of the global population breathes unsafe air, the health effects of air pollution are clustered along lines of age, health, income levels, race and...
Press Release: Momentum towards zero emissions accelerates alongside Climate Week
September 21, 2020 -- Cities, regions and companies are pledging to net-zero emissions on a growing scale, taking important steps towards keeping the Paris Agreement within reach. The number of local governments and businesses committing to a net-zero emissions target...
Correcting course: the emission reduction potential of international cooperative initiatives
A new study finds that if fully delivered, emissions reductions from 17 climate initiatives would help put the world on course to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goals of preventing global temperatures from rising more than 2C. The Climate Policy article, which includes...
Carbon Brief Post: Are European cities delivering on their climate commitments?
This blog is cross-posted from CarbonBrief, where it was originally published. At the time of writing, more than 10,000 cities around the world have committed to some form of climate action. These efforts range from setting emission reduction targets to adopting...
Climate Reporting: Three Examples of the Role Blockchain can Play
Over the recent years, “blockchain technology” has become a ubiquitous phrase in the technology realm - it is a form of technology that distributes digital records among participating networks, whilst ensuring that the history of the data is immutable and transparent....
Net Zero: Beyond the Buzzword
Last month saw the launch of the UN’s “Race to Zero” campaign, which engages an impressive 995 companies, 449 cities, 38 investors, 21 regions, and 505 universities. Together, these actors - which account for 25% of global CO2 emissions and more than 50% of global GDP...
Tackling Air Pollution: Lessons from COVID-19
What can we learn from our pandemic lock-down to improve air quality in the UAE?
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