Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
Mythbusters: Blockchain for Global Climate Action Tracking
Bitcoin’s dramatic price volatility in recent years has caused an explosion of interest in blockchain. From tech conferences to dinner parties, blockchain has captured the public imagination and become a buzzword. Yet, despite all the hype and myths, the...
Workshop Summary: Blockchain & Digital Technologies for Global Climate Action Tracking and Accounting
At a roundtable meeting in New York City on September 24, Data-Driven Lab and the Yale OpenLab brought together climate experts and technology specialists from around the world to analyze how digital technologies could be leveraged to strengthen climate action...
WEF’s Sustainable Development Impact Summit: Building Sustainable Cities
The World Economic Forum invited me to present at the Sustainable Development Impact Summit on September 23-24 in New York City, timed with Climate Week and the UN Climate Summit. I was asked to adapt a presentation I gave ("Big Picture on Urban Fragility") at the...
Yale-NUS Datathon 2019: Beyond the Haze
The haze really hit home this year, affecting millions of people here in Singapore and the Southeast Asian region. In September, PSI levels reached new highs since 2015, choking lungs and stinging eyes, while more than 1600 hotspots were recorded in parts of...
The Urban Heat Island Effect in Montréal
This past summer was the hottest one on record for the Northern Hemisphere, where 90% of the Earth’s population lives.Rice, Doyle. “It Was the Hottest Summer on Record for the Northern Hemisphere.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 16 Sept. 2019,...
Montréal Has Plans for Canada’s Largest Urban Park – Is It Enough?
Originally posted on the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness website. Montréal is home to a multitude of impressive parks such as Jean Drapeau Park, Pointes-aux-Prairies Nature Park, and Bois-de-l’Île-Bizard Nature Park. With a mayor who has made creating and...
Can crowdsourcing help clean up China’s waters? Two new papers explore emerging digital environmental governance in China
Data has the potential to transform China’s environmental management. While its environmental data still sparks scrutiny, the country is in the midst of a turn towards more comprehensive monitoring, in the service of increasingly ambitious environmental goals. The...
Countries could surpass pledged emissions cuts with help from cities, regions and businesses, report finds
18 September 2019 — Climate commitments by cities, regions and businesses could push countries to over-achieve their emissions reduction goals under the Paris Agreement, giving national leaders more confidence to ramp up efforts to avoid the worst impacts of global...
National Science Foundation Grant will Support Research on Blockchain’s Potential Climate Action Applications
With support from the National Science Foundation Science of Science Policy and Innovation Program, Data-Driven Lab will begin research that explores the potential – and possible pitfalls – of utilizing blockchain systems to analyze and support climate action. The...
Data-Driven Lab at the UN Climate Change Summit
During the week of September 21, 2019, the Data-Driven Lab team will travel to New York to participate in the 2019 UN Climate Change Summit, a call for concrete climate action launched by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The Summit represents one of the last...
