Measured Insights
The latest blog posts from our research projects.
2022 Global Climate Action Report: Key Takeaways
Last fall, DDL released the 2022 Global Climate Action Report, which analyzes subnational actors’, including cities and companies, climate ambitions and progress towards commitments. The report provides valuable information to policymakers and researchers about the...
Are cities meeting climate mitigation goals? A machine learning approach to predicting performance
Read the paper published in Nature. This blog was originally published in the Springer Nature Sustainability Community. Cities have risen to prominence as climate actors in recent years, signing on to international climate initiatives and making pledges and taking...
DDL Takeaways from COP27: Global Stocktake Datathon winners, Climate Data Structures, NSA Progress & Net-Zero Integrity
Last month, the Data-Driven EnviroLab (DDL) participated in the United Nations COP27 Climate Conference to share our work in multiple domains. Here’s a recap of the major themes where the DDL contributed research and insights. Emerging Technologies and Climate Data We...
DDL Receives Grant to Continue Research on the UESI and NZT HERO
The Data-Driven EnviroLab has been awarded two grants to continue work on two groundbreaking research projects: the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) and Net Zero HERO: High-Performance Extraction and Retrieval Operation (NZT HERO). Both projects...
PBS SciNC segment features DDL’s #HeatWatch campaign
Image Credit: PBS North Carolina This week, PBS SciNC aired a segment on urban heat in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle, featuring commentary from DDL director Angel Hsu and findings from DDL’s participation in the Urban Heat Watch project completed last...
Mapping Nature Play Spaces in New York City (SCSC)
This blog was written by Laura Murphy, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness Fellow and DDL collaborator.
NASEM Report: Greenhouse Gas Information for Decision Making
On October 4th, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on Development of a Framework for Evaluating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making released a report examining approaches to evaluate...
Measuring Income Disparities through Heat in Collaboration with the Samuel Center for Social Connectedness
by Tuviere Onookome-Okome During the summer of 2022, the Northeast has seen unprecedented temperatures. Boston broke its daily record, seeing temperatures reach 100 degrees at the Boston Logan International Airport (Source) where the previous record-high temperature...
Casting the Net (Zero) Wide: Determinants of Ambitious Targets & Trade-Offs for Subnational Climate Action
Analysis of climate policy documents from 318 cities shows that specific text patterns can predict ambitious plans and that deciding cities’ climate strategies involves trade-offs.
Read the paper published in npj Urban Sustainability.
Accounting Global Climate Mitigation Actions for The Expanding Subnational Commitments: A Conversation with Kaihui Song
The Data-Driven EnviroLab welcomes Kaihui Song, our new postdoctoral research associate. Kaihui obtained her Ph.D. in Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland. She is a sustainability enthusiast and a well-trained professional with over nine years of experience in sustainable development and the circular economy. Here are some of her thoughts on her experiences with global emission accounting and researching subnational climate actions…
