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 Ryan | Oct 7, 2016 | Featured, Presentations, Sustainability, Urbanization
The Data Driven Environmental Solutions Group will be participating in the upcoming UN-Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador, from October 17-21. Below are some highlights of our activities there. Please follow along on social media @datadrivenyale with...
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 Rosengarten, Carlin | Apr 3, 2016 | China, Energy, Featured, Uncategorized, Urbanization
This post originally appeared on Scientific American. Photo credit: Chinese coal-fired power planet Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 3.0 license This post was co-written and compiled by Angel Hsu, Andrew Moffat and Kaiyang Xu. China last week released its draft 13th Five-Year...
by AngelHsu | Nov 17, 2015 | Climate, Data, Environmental Performance Index (EPI), Urbanization
Exploring urban sustainability data and metrics in Seoul, South Korea. What can data tell us about building greener cities? What sustainability indicators can be compared city-to-city? By Alisa Zomer, MEM’14, EPI Manager The Seoul subway has 18 train lines and...
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