by Ryan | Oct 25, 2016 | Big data, Data, Presentations, UNFCCC, Urbanization
Last week, a group of over 45,000 attendees and representatives from 143 countries and 500 cities[1] participated in the adoption of the New Urban Agenda (the Agenda) at the UN-Habitat III conference in Quito. The Agenda includes a vision of sustainable urbanism,...
by Rosengarten, Carlin | Jun 20, 2016 | Big data, Data, Energy, UNFCCC
Above: Kai and F&ES classmate Andrew Moffat at the Renewable Energy Industries Forum 2015 in Washington, D.C. Hailing from Harbin (哈尔滨市), the capital of China’s Heilongjiang (黑龙江) province – known as the “Ice City” for its extremely cold winters – Xu Kaiyang (Kai)...
by Weinfurter, Amy | Jun 1, 2016 | Data Visualization, UNFCCC, Urbanization
Above: Ryan in Tanzania, interviewing a village leader (left) about residents using solar-powered lighting in their homes. Ryan is an urban planning researcher with interests in sustainability and monitoring and evaluation. His education, work experience, and research...
by AngelHsu | Nov 26, 2015 | Climate, UNFCCC
Our report, “State of Play: Contextualising Non-State and Sub-National Actors Climate Pledges Through NAZCA and the LPAA,” was launched today, Dec. 4, at the COP-21 Paris Climate Conference. View the Press Conference. Press release ...
by AngelHsu | Dec 15, 2012 | Climate, UNFCCC
This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org. Although major greenhouse-gas emitting countries were criticized at the latest round of climate negotiations in Doha for failing to show enough ambition, an event held during the second week highlighted leadership from...
by AngelHsu | Nov 28, 2012 | Climate, UNFCCC
The COP18 UN climate negotiations have kicked off without too much fanfare. Host country Qatar is hosting its largest ever conference, with an expected 17,000 participants, including 1,500 media (although I heard only about half of these anticipated media actually...
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