NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Across cities worldwide, poorer neighborhoods take on a disproportionate share of environmental burdens, according to a first-of-its-kind research tool. The Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI) finds that even in cities with...
Photo: Dr. Angel Hsu and Data-Driven Yale’s winning team, John Brandt, Matthew Moroney, and Sophie Janaskie, accept their award from Robert Kirkpatrick, Director at United Nations Global Pulse, and Dave Tang, Senior Vice President at Western Digital. Photo courtesy of...
The third annual 1 Gigaton Coalition report, “Renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries: contributions to reducing global emissions,” launched Oct.31 at a release event in Paris. This year’s report expands on two previous iterations, quantifying...
This post was co-written with Whitney Johnson, a Master of Environmental Management (MEM’16) candidate at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. It originally appeared on Huffington Post. What can be done to ensure that countries can both measure...
Check out our policy commentary, “Development: Mobilize citizens to track sustainability” on Nature.com and in the April 3 print edition of Nature, vol. 508. Also, check out the amazing infographic Anne Householder created to accompany the...
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