Our Publications
This list is consistently being updated. Group members bolded, students & collaborators underlined.
Corporate emissions targets and the neglect of future innovators
Yann Robiou du Pont et al., Corporate emissions targets and the neglect of future innovators. Science 384, 388-390(2024). DOI:10.1126/science.adl5081
Ambient air pollution and consumer spending: Evidence from Spain
Brandt J, Goyal N, Moroney M, Janaskie S, Hsu A (2024) Ambient air pollution and consumer spending: Evidence from Spain. PLoS ONE 19(1): e0292245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292245
Envisioning the Future of Non-State Climate Action Data and Accountability
Hsu, A. and M. Schletz. (2023). Envisioning the Future of Non-State Climate Action Data and Accountability. Data-Driven EnviroLab. Available at: https://datadrivenlab.org/wpcontent/uploads/2023/11/Future_of_NSA_Data_Accountability_Nov2023.pdf.
Doubling Down on Climate Action: Cities and Regions Must Put in 2x the Work to Stay on Track with Climate Goals
Song, K., Burley Farr, K., Hsu, A. Doubling Down on Climate Action: Cities and Regions Must Put in 2x the Work to Stay on Track with Climate Goals. (2023). https://datadrivenlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DDL_Subnational_Climate_Progress_Nov2023.pdf
Cities and regions tackle climate change mitigation but often focus on less effective solutions
Burley Farr, K., Song, K., Yeo, Z.Y. et al. Cities and regions tackle climate change mitigation but often focus on less effective solutions. Commun Earth Environ 4, 439 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01108-6
Strengthening transparency of non-state actors: How national experiences and new digital technologies can strengthen the Transparency efforts of non-state actors
United Nations Environment Programme (2023). Strengthening transparency of non-state actors: How national experiences and new digital technologies can strengthen the Transparency efforts of non-state actors. https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/43573.
Angel Hsu: Author Chapter 4 & 5 and co-editor
Marco Schletz: Author Chapter 6 and co-editor.
Global Climate Action 2023: Ambition of Cities, Regions, and Companies
Utrecht University and Data-Driven EnviroLab. (2023, September 20). Global Climate Action 2023: Ambition of Cities, Regions, and Companies. Prepared by: Song, K., Hsu, A., Burley, K., Roelfsema, M., Jones, C., Clapper, A., & Du, L. https://datadrivenlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230926_Report_GCC_2023.pdf
Watch the launch webinar here: https://youtu.be/vvVSGwPSkqk
From drumbeating to marching: Assessing non-state and subnational climate action using data
Hsu, Angel. S. Chan, M. Roelfsema, M. Schletz, T. Kuramochi, S. Smit, A. Deneault. (2023). From Drumbeating to Marching: Taking Stock of Non-State and Subnational Climate Actions. Invited commentary, special Global Stocktake Issue. One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.08.021
Making the Invisible Visible for a Climate Future
Hsu, A. “Making the invisible visible for a climate future.” Southern Cultures, 7 Sept. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.2023.a904678
Citizen and Machine Learning-aided high-resolution mapping of urban heat exposure and stress
Wang, X., Hsu, A., and Chakraborty, T. (2023). Citizen and machine learning-aided high-resolution mapping of urban heat exposure and stress. Environ. Res.: Infrastruct. Sustain. in press https://doi.org/10.1088/2634- 4505/acef57
Digital technologies – the missing link between climate action transparency and accountability?
Hsu A., and M. Schletz. (2023). Digital technologies – the missing link between climate action transparency and accountability? Climate Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2023.2237937.
Quantifying subnational climate change mitigation solutions - a meta-analysis of impacts
Burley Farr, K., Song, K., Yeo, Z., Johnson, E., and Hsu A. Quantifying subnational climate change mitigation solutions – a meta-analysis of impacts. Preprint: doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2023.1165133
Blockchain and regenerative finance: charting a path toward regeneration
Schletz, M, Constant A, Hsu A, Schillebeeckx S, Beck R and Wainstein M (2023), Blockchain and regenerative finance: charting a path toward regeneration. Front. Blockchain 6:1165133. doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2023.1165133
Projecting Future Heat Stress Disparities to 2100 in the Contiguous United States
Song, K., Hsu, A., Peng, W., Yu, Y., and Kittner, N. Projecting Future Heat Stress Disparities to 2100 in the Contiguous United States. Pre-print: https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/5657/
Chinese cities as digital environmental governance innovators: Evidence from subnational low-Carbon plans
Hsu, A., Li, L., Schletz, M., and Yu, Z. (2023). Chinese cities as digital environmental governance innovators: Evidence from subnational low-Carbon plans. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. Vol. 0(0) 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231186622
Net Zero Stocktake 2023
Net Zero Tracker (2023) Net Zero Stocktake 2023: NewClimate Institute, Oxford Net Zero, Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit and Data-Driven EnviroLab.
Residential segregation and outdoor urban moist heat stress disparities in the United States
Chakraborty, T. Newman, A. J., Qian, Y., Hsu, A., & Sheriff, G. (2023). Residential segregation and outdoor urban moist heat stress disparities in the United States. One Earth, 6(6), 738-750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.016
Predicting European cities’ climate mitigation performance using machine learning
Hsu, A., Wang, X., Tan, J. et al. Predicting European cities’ climate mitigation performance using machine learning. Nat Commun 13, 7487 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35108-5
Global Climate Action 2022: Progress and Ambition of Cities, Regions, and Companies
Data-Driven EnviroLab, Utrecht University, and CDP. (2022). Global Climate Action 2022: Progress and Ambition of Cities, Regions and Companies. Research report prepared by the team of: Zhi Yi Yeo, Katherine Burley, Ian French, and Angel Hsu (Data-Driven EnviroLab), Mark Roelfsema, Chelsea Jones (Utrecht University) and Andrew Clapper and Lucy Du (CDP).
Climate Data Needs Shared and Open Governance
M Schletz, A Hsu, Y Robiou du Pont, L Durkin, ZY Yeo, M Wainstein. (2022). Climate data need shared and open governance. Nature Correspondence. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03123-7
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making: A Framework Going Forward.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2022). Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making: A Framework Going Forward. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26641.
How are cities pledging net zero? A computational approach to analyzing subnational climate strategies
Sachdeva, S., A. Hsu, I. French, and E. Lim. (2022). How are cities pledging net zero? A computational approach to analyzing subnational climate strategies. Nature Urban Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-022-00065-x
Net Zero Stocktake 2022: Assessing the status and trends of net zero target setting
NewClimate Institute, Data-Driven EnviroLab, Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, and Oxford Net Zero. This analysis was led by Frederic Hans and Takeshi Kuramochi, who wrote the report with Richard Black, Thomas Hale and John Lang. Substantive contributions were also made by Silke Mooldijk, Joël Beuerle, Niklas Höhne, Peter Chalkley, Steve Smith, Camilla Hyslop, Angel Hsu and Zhi Yi Yeo.
Chapel Hill Heat Watch 2021 - Campaign Report
Data-Driven EnviroLab (2022). Chapel Hill Heat Watch 2021 – Campaign Report (Beta Release). Report compiled and designed by: Xuewei Wang and Angel Hsu, with the help of 40 citizen scientists and in partnership with the NC Museum of Life and Science and the Town of Chapel Hill.
Nested Climate Accounting for Our Atmospheric Commons—Digital Technologies for Trusted Interoperability Across Fragmented Systems
Schletz M, Hsu A, Mapes B and Wainstein M (2022) Nested Climate Accounting for Our Atmospheric Commons—Digital Technologies for Trusted Interoperability Across Fragmented Systems. Front. Blockchain 4:789953. doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2021.789953
From Low-to Net-Zero Carbon Cities: The Next Global Agenda
Seto, K. C., Churkina, G., Hsu, A., Keller, M., Newman, P. W., Qin, B., & Ramaswami, A. (2021). From Low-to Net-Zero Carbon Cities: The Next Global Agenda. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 46, 377-415.
A seismograph for measuring the transformation to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions – Discussion Paper
Höhne, N., Roy, J., Gaffney, O., Falk, J., Ribeiro, S. K., Levin, K., Smit, S., Nascimento, L., Hsu, A., & Mapes, B. (2021). A seismograph for measuring the transformation to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (NewClimate Discussion Paper).
Grounding global environmental assessments through bottom‑up futures based on local practices and perspectives
Pereira, L., Asrar, G. R., Bhargava, R., Fisher, L. H., Hsu, A., Jabbour, J., … & Weinfurter, A. (2021). Grounding global environmental assessments through bottom-up futures based on local practices and perspectives. Sustainability Science, 1-16.
Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses – 2021
NewClimate Institute, Data-Driven EnviroLab, Utrecht University, German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), CDP, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses. 2021 edition. Research report prepared by the team of: Takeshi Kuramochi, Sybrig Smit, Frederic Hans, Julia Horn, Katharina Lütkehermöller, Leonardo Nascimento, Julie Emmrich, Niklas Höhne, Angel Hsu, Brendan Mapes, Xuewei Wang, Mark Roelfsema, Sander Chan, Andrew Deneault, Bianca de Souza Nagasawa, Mishel Mohan, Megan Whitney, Johannes Brehm, Jonathan Hassel, Andrew Clapper, Abhishek Hiremath, Thomas Hale
Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity across major US cities
Hsu, A., Sheriff, G., Chakraborty, T., & Manya, D. (2021). Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity across major US cities. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1-11.
Advancing a toolkit of diverse futures approaches for global environmental assessments,
Laura Pereira, Jan J. Kuiper, Odirilwe Selomane, Ana Paula D. Aguiar, Ghassem R. Asrar, Elena M. Bennett, Reinette Biggs, Katherine Calvin, Steve Hedden, Angel Hsu, Jason Jabbour, Nicholas King, Alexandre C. Köberle, Paul Lucas, Jeanne Nel, Albert V. Norström, Garry Peterson, Nadia Sitas, Christopher Trisos, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Joost Vervoort & James Ward (2021) Advancing a toolkit of diverse futures approaches for global environmental assessments, Ecosystems and People, 17:1, 191-204, DOI: 10.1080/26395916.2021.1901783
Climate Ambition and Sustainable Development for a New Decade: A Catalytic Framework
Chan, S., Boran, I., van Asselt, H., Ellinger, P., Garcia, M., Hale, T., Hermwille, L., Liti Mbeva, K., Mert, A., Roger, C.B., Weinfurter, A., Widerberg, O., Bynoe, P., Chengo, V., Cherkaoui, A., Edwards, T., Gütschow, M., Hsu, A., Hultman, N., Levaï, D., Mihnar, S., Posa, S., Roelfsema, M., Rudyk, B., Scobie, M. and Shrivastava, M.K. (2021), Climate Ambition and Sustainable Development for a New Decade: A Catalytic Framework. Glob Policy. https://doi-org.proxy.
Diverse climate actors show limited coordination in a large-scale text analysis of strategy documents
Hsu, A. and R. Rauber. (2021). Diverse climate actors show limited coordination in a large-scale text analysis of strategy documents. Nature Communications Earth & Environment 2(30).
Data and Transparency Key for China’s Pollution Clean-up
Hsu, A., J. Wang, K. Xu, Z. Wei, and C. Yan. (2021). Data and Transparency Key for China’s Pollution Clean-up. Ecological Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.106963
Sustainable and inclusive – Evaluating urban sustainability indicators’ suitability for measuring progress towards SDG-11
Thomas, R., A. Hsu, and A. Weinfurter. Sustainable and inclusive – Evaluating urban sustainability indicators’ suitability for measuring progress towards SDG-11. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science (2020). https://doi.org/10.1177/2399808320975404
Measuring what matters, where it matters: A spatially explicit Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index for the Sustainable Development Goals
Hsu, A., Tirthankar Chakraborty, Ryan Thomas, Diego Manya, Amy Weinfurter, Nicholas Chin, Nihit Goyal and Andrew Feierman. Measuring what matters, where it matters: A spatially explicit Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index for the Sustainable Development Goals. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities (2020).
ClimActor, harmonized transnational data on climate network participation by city and regional governments
Hsu, A., Yeo, Z.Y., Rauber, R., Sun, J., Kim, Y., Raghavan, S., Chin, N., Namdeo, V., and Weinfurter, A. (2020). ClimActor, a harmonized dataset of 10,000+ city and region transnational climate network participation. Nature Scientific Data.
Future U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change: Working Towards a Green New Deal
Angel Hsu & Deborah Seligsohn, “Future U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change: Working Towards a Green New Deal”. The Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations.
Navigating the nuances of net-zero targets
NewClimate Institute & Data-Driven EnviroLab (2020). Navigating the nuances of net-zero targets. Research report prepared by the team of: Thomas Day, Silke Mooldijk and Takeshi Kuramochi (NewClimate Institute) and Angel Hsu, Elwin Lim, Zhi Yi Yeo, Amy Weinfurter, Yin Xi Tan, Ian French, Vasu Namdeo, Odele Tan, Sowmya Raghavan, and Ajay Nair (Data-Driven EnviroLab).
Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact
Thomas N. Hale , Sander Chan , Angel Hsu , Andrew Clapper , Cynthia Elliott , Pedro Faria , Takeshi Kuramochi , Shannon McDaniel , Milimer Morgado , Mark Roelfsema , Mayra Santaella , Neelam Singh , Ian Tout , Chris Weber , Amy Weinfurter & Oscar Widerberg (2020): Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1828796.
Accelerating Net Zero: Exploring Cities, Regions, and Companies’ Pledges to Decarbonise
Data-Driven EnviroLab & NewClimate Institute. (2020). Accelerating Net Zero: Exploring Cities, Regions, and Companies’ Pledges to Decarbonise. Research report prepared by the team of: Angel Hsu, Zhi Yi Yeo, Amy Weinfurter, Yin Xi Tan, Ian French, Vasu Namdeo, Odele Tan, Sowmya Raghavan, Elwin Lim, and Ajay Nair (Data-Driven EnviroLab) and Thomas Day, Silke Mooldijk, Niklas Höhne, and Takeshi Kuramochi (NewClimate Institute).
Correcting course: the emission reduction potential of international cooperative initiatives
Swithin Lui , Takeshi Kuramochi , Sybrig Smit , Mark Roelfsema , Angel Hsu , Amy Weinfurter, Sander Chan , Thomas Hale , Hanna Fekete , Katharina Lütkehermöller , Maria Jose de Villafranca Casas , Leonardo Nascimento , Sebastian Sterl & Niklas Höhne (2020): Correcting course: the emission reduction potential of international cooperative initiatives, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1806021
Performance determinants show European cities are delivering on climate mitigation
Hsu, A., Tan, J., Ng, Y.M., Vanda, R. and N. Goyal. (2020). Performance determinants show European cities are delivering on climate mitigation. Nature Climate Change.
Beyond states: Harnessing sub-national actors for the deep decarbonisation of cities, regions, and businesses
Hsu, A, N Höhne, T Kuramochi, V Vilariño and BK Sovacool. “Beyond states: Harnessing sub-national actors for the deep decarbonisation of cities, regions, and businesses,” Energy Research & Social Science 70 (December, 2020), 101738, pp. 1-7.
A spatially explicit surface urban heat island database for the United States: Characterization, uncertainties, and possible applications
T. Chakraborty, Hsu, A., Manya, D., and G. Sheriff. (2020). A spatially explicit surface urban heat island database for the United States: Characterization, uncertainties, and possible applications. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Next-generation Digital Ecosystem for Climate Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: A Review of Digital Data Collection Technologies
Hsu, A., Khoo, W., Goyal, N., and M. Wainstein. (2020). Next-generation Digital Ecosystem for Climate Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: A Review of Digital Data Collection Technologies, in Special Issue: Innovations and Perspectives in Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. Frontiers in Big Data.
Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions
Takeshi Kuramochi, Mark Roelfsema, Angel Hsu, Swithin Lui, Amy Weinfurter, Sander Chan, Thomas Hale, Andrew Clapper, Andres Chang & Niklas Höhne (2020): Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2020.1740150
Citizen science and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Steffen Fritz, Linda See, Tyler Carlson, Mordechai Haklay, Jessie L. Oliver, Dilek Fraisl, Rosy Mondardini, Martin Brocklehurst, Lea A. Shanley, Sven Schade, Uta Wehn, Tommaso Abrate, Janet Anstee, Stephan Arnold, Matthew Billot, Jillian Campbell, Jessica Espey, Margaret Gold, Gerid Hager, Shan He, Libby Hepburn, Angel Hsu, Deborah Long, Joan Masó, Ian McCallum, Maina Muniafu, Inian Moorthy, Michael Obersteiner, Alison J. Parker, Maike Weissplug & Sarah West (2019). Citizen science and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-019-0390-3
Emerging digital environmental governance in China: the case of black and smelly waters in China
(2019) Emerging digital environmental governance in China: the case of black and smelly waters in China, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1661228.
Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses: Impact of individual actors and cooperative initiatives on global and national emissions
NewClimate Institute, Data-Driven Lab, PBL, German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. 2019 edition. Research report prepared by the team of: Takeshi Kuramochi, Swithin Lui, Niklas Höhne, Sybrig Smit, Maria Jose de Villafranca Casas, Frederic Hans, Leonardo Nascimento, Paola Tanguy, Angel Hsu, Amy Weinfurter, Zhi Yi Yeo, Yunsoo Kim, Mia Raghavan, Claire Inciong Krummenacher, Yihao Xie, Mark Roelfsema, Sander Chan, Thomas Hale.
Disproportionately higher exposure to urban heat in lower-income neighborhoods: a multi-city perspective
Tirthankar Chakraborty, Angel Hsu, Diego Manya, and Glen Sheriff. (2019). Environ. Res. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab3b99.
Black and Smelly Waters: How Citizen-Generated Transparency is Addressing Gaps in China's Environmental Management
Angel Hsu, Amy Weinfurter, Jeffrey Tong & Yihao Xie (2019): Black and Smelly Waters: how citizen-generated transparency is addressing gaps in China’s environmental management, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2019.1654365
Exploring links between national climate strategies and non-state and subnational climate action in nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
Hsu, A., Brandt, J., Widerberg, O., Chan, S., and A. Weinfurter. (2019). Exploring links between national climate strategies and non-state and subnational climate action in nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Climate Policy.
Tracking global climate change adaptation among governments
Lea Berrang-Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, James D. Ford, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Andrew Tanabe, Frances M. Wang, Chen Chen, Angel Hsu, Jessica J. Hellmann, Patrick Pringle, Martina Grecequet, J.-C. Amado, Saleemul Huq, Shuaib Lwasa & S. Jody Heymann. (2019). Tracking global climate change adaptation among governments. Nature Climate Change, 9(6), 440.
A Research Roadmap for Quantifying Non-State and Subnational Climate Action
Hsu, A., Höhne, N., Kuramochi, T., Roelfsema, M..Weinfurter, A., Xie, Y., Lütkehermöller, K., Chan, S., Corfee-Morlot, J., Drost, P., Faria, P., Gardiner, A., Gordon, D.J., Hale, T., Hultman, N.E., Moorhead, J., Reuvers, S., Setzer, J., Singh, S., Weber, C., Widerberg, O. (2019). A Research Roadmap for Quantifying Non-State and Subnational Climate Action. Nature Climate Change, Nature Climate Change, 9: 1–17.
The Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index
Hsu, A., N. Alexandre, J. Brandt, T. Chakraborty, S. Comess, A. Feierman, T. Huang, S. Janaskie, D. Manya, M. Moroney, N. Moyo, R. Rauber, G. Sherriff, R. Thomas, J. Tong, Y. Xie, A. Weinfurter, Z. Yeo (in alpha order), (2018). 2018 Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index. New Haven, CT: Yale University. Available: datadrivenlab.org/urban
UNEP Emissions Gap Report Non-State Actors Chapter
Hsu, A.; Widerberg, O.; Weinfurter, A.; Chan, S.; Roelfsema, M.; Lütkehermöller, K. and Bakhtiari, F.
(2018). Bridging the emissions gap – The role of nonstate and subnational actors. In The Emissions Gap
Report 2018. A UN Environment Synthesis Report. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi.
(2018). Bridging the emissions gap – The role of nonstate and subnational actors. In The Emissions Gap
Report 2018. A UN Environment Synthesis Report. United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi.
Global climate action of regions, states and businesses
Data Driven Yale, NewClimate Institute, PBL 2018: Global climate action of regions, states and businesses. Research report published by Data Driven Yale, NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, prepared by project team of Angel Hsu, Amy Weinfurter, Andrew Feierman, Yihao Xie, Zhi Yi Yeo, Katharina Lütkehermöller, Takeshi Kuramochi, Swithin Lui, Niklas Höhne, Mark Roelfsema. Available at http://bit.ly/yale-nci-pbl-global-climate-action.
Mission 2020: The Climate Turning Point
“2020: The Climate Turning Point” – the campaign will highlight why the 2020 turning point is necessary, and importantly how it can be realistically achieved, thanks to exponentially growing climate action. The new report, a collaboration between Data-Driven Yale, Carbon Tracker and Climate Action Tracker (a consortium of Ecofys, New Climate Institute and Climate Analytics), with a contribution by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, summarizes the most up to date scientific basis for urgent action to reduce carbon emissions and provides a roadmap of action to 2020.
From Citizens to Satellites : Third-Wave Data Approaches in China Towards a New Environmental Data Paradigm in China
Hsu, A., A. Weinfurter, C. Yan, and Y.Cheng. (2017). From citizens to satellites: third-wave data approaches in China. Yale Data-Driven. Available from: https://datadrivenlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Third_Wave_Exec_Summary_FINAL.pdf
Addressing Gaps in China's Environmental Data: The Existing Landscape
Hsu, A., C. Yan, and Y.Cheng. (2017). Addressing Gaps in China’s Environmental Data: The Existing Landscape. Available from: https://datadrivenlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ThirdWave_Data_Gap_Analysis_Final.pdf
The Potential for Citizen-Generated Data in China
Hsu, A., A. Weinfurter, and C. Yan. (2017). The Potential for Citizen-Generated Data in China. Available from: https://datadrivenlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Potential-for-Citizen-Generated-Data-in-China.pdf.
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries: Contributions to Reducing Global Emissions
Developing countries are achieving low-cost emissions reductions through renewable energy
(RE) and energy efficiency (EE) projects and initiatives. The focus of this report is to evaluate
the impact of these projects in terms of measurable greenhouse gas emissions’ reductions to
help close the emissions gap needed to meet the 2°C climate goal.
(RE) and energy efficiency (EE) projects and initiatives. The focus of this report is to evaluate
the impact of these projects in terms of measurable greenhouse gas emissions’ reductions to
help close the emissions gap needed to meet the 2°C climate goal.
Who's Acting on Climate Change? Subnational and Non-State Global Climate Action
Released at the COP-23 in Bonn, Germany, this report provides a snapshot of subnational and non-state actors taking action on climate change.
Aligning subnational climate actions for the new post-Paris climate regime
Hsu, A., Weinfurter, A.J. & Xu, K. Aligning Sub-national Climate Actions for the Post-Paris Regime. Climatic Change (2017). doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1957-5.
Nature Climate Change: Towards a New Climate Diplomacy
Hsu, A., Moffat, A. S., Weinfurter, A. J., & Schwartz, J. D. (2015). Towards a new climate diplomacy. Nature Climate Change, 5(6), 501.
Nature: Track Climate Pledges of Cities and Companies
Hsu, A., Y. Cheng, A. Weinfurter, K. Xu, and C. Yick. (2016). Track climate pledges of cities and companies. Nature 532: 303-305.
Taking Stock of Global Climate Action
Released at the COP-22 in Marrakech, Morocco, this report provides a snapshot of subnational and non-state actors taking action on climate change.
Renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries: contributions to reducing global emissions
As the Paris Agreement enters into force less than a year after its adoption, countries are preparing to implement their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), developing plans to reach their targets. Renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) initiatives are central pillars of these national plans and will be integral to countries’ ability to meet their commitments. This report evaluates the mitigation potential for 224 internationally-supported projects in developing countries.
Understanding NAZCA: Challenges and Future of the World's Largest Voluntary Climate Action Platform
In partnership with the French Energy and Environmental Management Agency (ADEME), Data-Driven Yale evaluates more than 11,000 climate actions have been pledged in the last several years alone. To gauge the broad array of global climate actions, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) launched the Non-State Action Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA) platform in December 2014. NAZCA shows the vast scale of pledged and ongoing actions from non-state (e.g., companies, investors, and civil society organizations) and sub-national (e.g., cities and regions) actors. These actions range from emissions reduction pledges, commitments to renewable energy production, to setting internal carbon prices and to making investments in green bonds. This report gives an overview of NAZCA’s content, exploring the extent to which cities, regions, companies, investors, and civil society organizations are represented on the platform.
2016 Environmental Performance Index - Summary for Policymakers
The 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 180 countries on air quality, water and sanitation, fisheries, forestry, biodiversity and habitat, and climate change and energy. For more information see: www.epi2016.yale.edu.
2016 Environmental Performance Index - Full Report
The 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 180 countries on air quality, water and sanitation, fisheries, forestry, biodiversity and habitat, and climate change and energy. For more information see: www.epi2016.yale.edu.
CT Solar Scorecards
In partnership with the Connecticut Green Bank, Data-Driven Yale developed scorecards ranking residential solar PV in each of the state’s 69 towns. See the website and final report here: http://www.ctsolarscoreboard.com/.
Nature Comment: Mobilize Citizens to Track Sustainability
Hsu, A., O. Malik, L. Johnson, and D.C. Esty. (2014). Mobilize citizens to track sustainability. Nature, vol. 508:33-35.
Measuring Progress: A Practical Guide From the Developers of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
Hsu, A., L.A. Johnson, and A. Lloyd. 2013. Measuring Progress: A Practical Guide From the Developers of the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). New Haven:Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy.
