Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
Como las ciudades están fallando en ser inclusivas, y que pueden hacer al respecto
Article originally published by the World Economic Forum, and authored by Angel Hsu, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Yale-NUS College, and Kim Samuel, Founder, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. Translated into Spanish by Diego Manya. Las ciudades...
Press Release: Cities don’t share environmental benefits and burdens equally
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Across cities worldwide, poorer neighborhoods take on a disproportionate share of environmental burdens, according to a first-of-its-kind research tool. The Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) finds that even in cities with strong...
Solid progress in a marathon: How do new city, region, and business announcements from the Global Climate Action Summit measure up?
Article by: Angel Hsu, Niklas Höhne, Mark Roelfsema, Takeshi Kuramochi, Amy Weinfurter, Katharina Lütkehermöller, Nomawethu Moyo, Yihao Xi, Swithin Lui, Andrew Feierman (Data-Driven Yale, NewClimate Institute, and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment...
The Global Surface UHI Explorer: An Interactive Map of Urban Heat
Brian Jeffery Beggerly on Flickr.com Urban areas are hot, and are getting hotter. The higher temperature in urban areas - the urban heat island (UHI) effect - is an emergent property of urbanization and a major research area in urban climatology. Most UHI studies are...
Health, Biking and Equity
The case for biking in fostering healthy behaviors and favoring equity in vulnerable settings - Montréal, Canada.Article written by Morgane Ollier and Genévieve Westgate.Introduction: Indices such as the Copenhagenize Bicycle Friendly Cities IndexSee...
Launch of the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index: December 6, 2018 in Katowice, Poland
Categories of environmental issues and indicators assessed in the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI). On the afternoon of December 6, 2018, in parallel with the COP-24 United Nations Climate Conference, Data-Driven Yale will convene an interactive...
California Climate Summit Reaffirms Bilateral Relationship with China
When the U.S. administration first declared its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, it threatened to unravel a relationship between the world’s two largest climate emitters that was key to securing the agreement in the first place. Worried observers may be...
Data-Driven Yale contributes to Emissions Gap Report 2018
Photo of wind turbines By Saskia Comess and Amy Weinfurter A wide range of commitments from cities, regions, companies, and investors could play a crucial role in reducing emissions and reaching climate targets, according to a new chapter from UN Environment’s...
With Local Action, Major Economies Can Get Closer To Meeting Paris Climate Targets
Cities, states, and businesses could narrow by half the gap between the current U.S. emissions trajectory and the country’s Paris pledge A new report finds that action by cities, states, regions and business can go a long way towards meeting the goals of the Paris...
Case Study: The Challenge of Municipal Waste Management
Written by Nikola Alexandre Municipal waste generation is notoriously difficult to measure. The ways in which cities define municipal waste vary greatly, there are no standardized data collection methods, and it is rare to find third party reporters of municipal waste...
