Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
#ClimateAction in Five Words
As 2020 rolled in, Twitter users leveraged a trend of capturing #2019InFiveWords to document the urgency of climate action. The UN noted that “#ClimateChange is happening NOW,” citing the forest and bush fires that blazed around the world as one example of how...
Davos 2020 to focus on cohesion, sustainability
Next week, Jan. 21-24, world leaders will meet in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, which is themed “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World.” This marks the first time that the annual convening has chosen to focus on...
Accelerating Climate Progress with Academia, Government, and Industry
As a co-author of the Emissions Gap Report 2018, the Data-Driven EnviroLab was invited by the United Nations Science-Policy-Business Forum (UN-SPBF) to present its research on the role of non-state actors in climate change mitigation at the Second Scoping Meeting of...
No Prosperity Without Inclusion: A New Index For Cities
The Guggenheim Museum in the City of Bilbao, Spain, is one of the most iconic buildings of modern architecture. Coiled along the Nervion river under the Basque country sun, it is a writhing, breathtaking contortion of titanium, stone, and glass, all polish and sheen,...
The Open Climate Collabathon: Results and Moving Forward
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...
Data-Driven EnviroLab at COP-25 Madrid
Image from wikipedia.com. 10:00 am - 1:00 pm: CAMDA Preparatory Meetings - Pressing ‘record’ on Climate Action” Ahead of the next Global Stocktake in 2023, monitoring progress towards the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals...
The Open Climate Collabathon – Singapore Launch
November has been the month of hackathons. Two weeks after co-organizing the Yale-NUS College Datathon, which focused on the Southeast Asian haze crisis, Data-Driven Lab was at It again, this time with the launch of the Open Climate Collabathon in Singapore. The...
Beyond the Haze – Yale-NUS Datathon
On November 2, Data-Driven Lab supported a datathon centered on Southeast Asia’s haze crisis. The haze is a recurring issue in the region and is mainly caused by the burning of land in Indonesia. In September, forest fires in Indonesia were so severe that skies...
Geospatial Analysis with Google Earth Engine: A Tutorial
In celebration of World GIS Day 2019, Yale University launched the GIS Day Conference from November 13 to 15, bringing together data science experts and students to explore GIS applications in a range of fields. TC Chakraborty, PhD Candidate at the Yale School of...
Vietnam and Third-Wave Data: How Environmental NGOs are Leveraging Data to Improve Air Quality Governance
Hanoi – a city typically known for its charming Old Quarter and mouth-watering pho – has recently attracted attention for a different reason: poor air quality. On September 29, the U.S. Embassy’s monitoring station in Hanoi registered hourly Air Quality Index (AQI)...
