Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
Decoding Climate Action of Non-State Actors: A Call for a Digitally-Enabled Climate Accountability System
[Chapel Hill, NC, December 8, 2023] – A new report by the Data-Driven EnviroLab calls for a universal digital climate accountability system to enhance data quality from non-state actors (NSA) and halt greenwashing. Developed in response to increasing calls from...
Cities must double down on climate action to correct course; 2.5x effort needed to align with 1.5C goal.
Key Messages Subnational climate action is beginning to rebound following a brief slump post the COVID-19 pandemic. As of March 2023, more than 3,000 cities and 175 subnational states and regions, accounting for 26.5% of the global total population, have pledged to...
DDL Set to Take the Stage at COP28 Climate Dialogues
With the 28th United Nations Climate Conference just around the corner, DDL will join the conversation through various sessions and discussions about net zero, non-state actor accountability, and climate justice. COP28 marks the halfway point between the 2015 Paris...
Four UNC Students will join DDL Director Angel Hsu at COP28
This year, four students have been selected to participate and gain hands-on experience at the world’s most influential climate policy event, the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28), an annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
DDL joins the conversation on the Recognition and Accountability Framework ahead of COP28
Ahead of COP28, DDL has contributed three papers to provide recommendations for how the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) should proceed to implement its Recognition and Accountability Framework, which was announced in June 2023 at the...
DDL Researchers Present at the Energy Data Analytics Symposium
Last week, four DDL researchers and collaborators presented at the Energy Data Analytics Symposium co-hosted by the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability at Duke University and the Energy Analysis and Policy program at the University of...
DDL Director Angel Hsu Awarded Hettleman Prize
DDL Director Dr. Angel Hsu has been awarded the Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement, one of UNC’s most prestigious acknowledgments of faculty excellence. The Hettleman Prize was established in 1986 by Ruth and Phillip Hettleman to recognize the...
Data Interoperability: A Mechanism to Drive Climate Transparency
This blog was written by Summer 2023 DDL Student RA Nageen Rameez. Effective climate action requires reliable data to track progress and hold governments and companies accountable to their established climate commitments. As a summer research assistant at the...
DDL Director Angel Hsu Joins ‘Integrity Matters’ Working Group to Address City and Region Net-Zero Climate Commitments
During New York Climate Week, the Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) announced that they will launch Integrity Matters for Cities, States, and Regions, a report applying UN standards on net-zero commitments to subnational contexts, this December at COP28. Following up...
Heightened city, region and company climate ambition in recent years brings promising developments to the forefront of the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit
September 20, Utrecht, Netherlands and Chapel Hill, North Carolina — In response to the UN Climate Ambition Summit’s call for greater climate ambition and action, a new analysis from the Data-Driven EnviroLab at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and...
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