Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
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...
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...
Data-driven approaches to measuring social equity and resilience
This blog was written by Chester Ling, a DDL Student Research Assistant and undergraduate student in Environmental Earth Systems Science at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. When I first came across the concept of measuring equity and resilience, I...
From the Red Dot to Tar Heel Nation: Exploring Data, Urbanization, and Climate Change Around the Globe
This blog was written by Chester Ling, a Nanyang Technological University student joining DDL this summer and fall as a student researcher. Blogging has been a longstanding aspiration of mine, since it serves as a platform to hone my storytelling skills and connect...
Meet Our Summer 2023 RAs!
We are excited to welcome seven new members to our team this summer. Coming from around the globe and working on a variety of projects, these student researchers and collaborators play an integral role in the research, planning, and communication here at DDL. Keep...
AI & Climate Change: How Machine Learning is Powering the Net Zero Tracker
By Ella Feathers, with the input and technical expertise of Angel Hsu and Zhi Yi Yeo Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications are dominating headlines and public discourse for the threats and opportunities they pose to society. These...
