Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
Net Zero Stocktake 2023: The progress we are & aren’t making towards net zero
The latest update and analysis by the Net Zero Tracker, Net Zero Stocktake 2023, was released June 12 during a press conference at the Bonn Climate Conference in Germany. This annual report offers a comprehensive review of net-zero commitments made by all nations,...
DDL Team Attends Bonn Intersessional Climate Summit
DDL Student researchers were on the ground at the UNFCCC conference this month, furthering our research about how non-state actors can participate in climate action Earlier this month, DDL student researchers Katherine Burley (PhD’26) and Christian Chung...
Dr. Angel Hsu Featured on Energy Switch: The Environmental Impacts of Air Quality
Season 2 of Energy Switch featuring DDL Director Angel Hsu is out now on PBS stations. Energy Switch brings together leading experts to have balanced, productive conversations about issues related to energy and the environment. In episode 5, “The Environmental...
DDL Director Angel Hsu Appointed to Global Future Council on the Future of Clean Air
DDL director Dr. Angel Hsu has been appointed to serve a 2-year term on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Clean Air. The network of Global Future Councils was created to convene experts from academia, nonprofits, government, and the...
Global cities still facing challenges in environmental performance and equity: The Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index update.
We have updated the Urban and Environment Social Inclusion Index (UESI), the first and only spatially-explicit index measuring cities’ environmental performance, equity, and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 11, which charges urban areas to be sustainable...
Breaking down the IPCC’s latest report: How DDL relates to the need for aggressive, data-driven climate action
Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change formally approved and released the IPCC AR6 Synthesis report, the summary of latest climate science. It shows that while the stakes to reduce global warming are higher than ever, there are also more...
The mental health consequences of governmental failures in the provision of clean water
This blog was written by Tuviere Onookome-Okome, a researcher in epidemiology at DDL and the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness.
Three UNC PhD Students Awarded Duke Energy Data Analytics Fellowship
UNC PhD students Katherine Burley, Ying Yu and Beth Brown, have been selected for the Energy Data Analytics PhD Student Fellows program at Duke University. All three awardees are interested in energy and environmental policy research and are involved with DDL or Dr....
Not all tree canopy is created equally
This blog was written by Tuviere Onookome-Okome, a researcher at DDL and the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness. Trees are a vital part of any community. Benefits from trees include the ability to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the...
Meet Our Spring 2023 RAs
As DDL continues our research developing and applying data-driven methods to understand global climate action, urban environmental impacts, and more, we are excited to introduce you to our Spring 2023 student research assistants (RAs)! Our RAs are vital to the success...
