Data-Driven EnviroLab
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Applying cutting-edge, data-driven approaches to tackle the world's most pressing environmental challenges and promote sustainable solutions. https://datadrivenlab.org/
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In collaboration with Sustainability Unlocked, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, Associate Professor at @UNC and founder of @datadrivenlab.bsky.social unpacks how data driven insights and innovation are transforming the climate accountability space.
Climate Action Accountability System
In this video, Angel explains the UN’s Recognition and Accountability Framework (RAF) and how it strengthens climate action. Learn how data, AI, and governance improve transparency, enforce…
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January 14, 2026 at 9:01 AM
In collaboration with Sustainability Unlocked, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, Associate Professor at @UNC and founder of @datadrivenlab.bsky.social unpacks how data driven insights and innovation are transforming the climate accountability space.
#DDL Director Angel Hsu is giving the keynote address at the National Academies of Sciences Virtual Workshop. Join her tomorrow 1/13 at 12 pm EST to discuss avenues for #AI use in the advancement of climate science.
Accelerating Climate Progress with AI: From Science to Action Workshop
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing frontiers in climate science, providing new insights into our understanding of the climate system and helping to transformation climate science into a...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Our final newsletter of the year is out now!
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re excited to share some highlights from this past month, including our new website and brand refresh, funding to launch our climate-AI projects, and our latest community meeting for our NASA-funded heat stress work.
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re excited to share some highlights from this past month, including our new website and brand refresh, funding to launch our climate-AI projects, and our latest community meeting for our NASA-funded heat stress work.
Closing out 2025: End of year highlights from the Data-Driven EnviroLab
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December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Our final newsletter of the year is out now!
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re excited to share some highlights from this past month, including our new website and brand refresh, funding to launch our climate-AI projects, and our latest community meeting for our NASA-funded heat stress work.
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re excited to share some highlights from this past month, including our new website and brand refresh, funding to launch our climate-AI projects, and our latest community meeting for our NASA-funded heat stress work.
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A new grant from the Hewlett Foundation expands the work of the Data-Driven EnviroLab in addressing misinformation and greenwashing in AI as well as the societal impacts of generative AI.
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Hsu, DDL awarded $1 million to advance AI accountability in climate reporting - UNC Institute for the Environment
The grant will expand the DDL’s work through its CLAIM center.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A new grant from the Hewlett Foundation expands the work of the Data-Driven EnviroLab in addressing misinformation and greenwashing in AI as well as the societal impacts of generative AI.
Read the full story ⬇️
ie.unc.edu/news/hsu-ddl...
@profangelhsu.bsky.social | @datadrivenlab.bsky.social
Read the full story ⬇️
ie.unc.edu/news/hsu-ddl...
@profangelhsu.bsky.social | @datadrivenlab.bsky.social
A New Chapter in U.S.-China Relations? After the Trump-Xi Meeting in Korea
Dr. Angel Hsu has been invited to speak on what’s next for U.S.-China relations following the October 2025 meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, Korea?
Dr. Angel Hsu has been invited to speak on what’s next for U.S.-China relations following the October 2025 meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, Korea?
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: A New Chapter in U.S.-China Relations? After the Trump-Xi Meeting in Korea. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webin...
What’s next for U.S.-China relations following the October 2025 meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, Korea? The Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations invites five o...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A New Chapter in U.S.-China Relations? After the Trump-Xi Meeting in Korea
Dr. Angel Hsu has been invited to speak on what’s next for U.S.-China relations following the October 2025 meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, Korea?
Dr. Angel Hsu has been invited to speak on what’s next for U.S.-China relations following the October 2025 meeting of Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, Korea?
For the first time in 10 years, since Angel Hsu, PhD, founded our lab in 2016, we are introducing a new brand identity! Designed by Louis Charron, DDL’s refreshed identity expresses the centering of people in our work, transforming messy, complex datasets into clear, actionable insights.
New work! Branding and website for Data Driven EnviroLab, a research lab at UNC Chapel Hill turning complex environmental data into actionable policy.
The visual identity centers on turning messy datasets into clear insights, but with humanity at its core.
The visual identity centers on turning messy datasets into clear insights, but with humanity at its core.
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For the first time in 10 years, since Angel Hsu, PhD, founded our lab in 2016, we are introducing a new brand identity! Designed by Louis Charron, DDL’s refreshed identity expresses the centering of people in our work, transforming messy, complex datasets into clear, actionable insights.
The funding will enable the expansion of DDL's work through the Center for Climate Leadership and AI-driven Integrity in Mitigation (CLAIM), which aims to address misinformation and greenwashing in AI as well as the societal impacts of generative AI on corporate climate action.
Exciting News! ✨ DDL is honored to receive a $1 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to further our work in advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) accountability as it relates to climate commitments.
Read more about the grant and CLAIM here: datadrivenlab.org/featured/dat...
Read more about the grant and CLAIM here: datadrivenlab.org/featured/dat...
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The funding will enable the expansion of DDL's work through the Center for Climate Leadership and AI-driven Integrity in Mitigation (CLAIM), which aims to address misinformation and greenwashing in AI as well as the societal impacts of generative AI on corporate climate action.
Exciting News! ✨ DDL is honored to receive a $1 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to further our work in advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) accountability as it relates to climate commitments.
Read more about the grant and CLAIM here: datadrivenlab.org/featured/dat...
Read more about the grant and CLAIM here: datadrivenlab.org/featured/dat...
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Exciting News! ✨ DDL is honored to receive a $1 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to further our work in advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) accountability as it relates to climate commitments.
Read more about the grant and CLAIM here: datadrivenlab.org/featured/dat...
Read more about the grant and CLAIM here: datadrivenlab.org/featured/dat...
"The Dual Burden of Energy Poverty and Climate Exposure"
🕐 Next Friday October 10th at 2pm in Sitterson Hall Room F009 DDL's own Dr. Zhang Yuetong will be presenting research for the UNC Department of Public Policy's Research Group Seminar Series!
Flier below! ⬇️
🕐 Next Friday October 10th at 2pm in Sitterson Hall Room F009 DDL's own Dr. Zhang Yuetong will be presenting research for the UNC Department of Public Policy's Research Group Seminar Series!
Flier below! ⬇️
October 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"The Dual Burden of Energy Poverty and Climate Exposure"
🕐 Next Friday October 10th at 2pm in Sitterson Hall Room F009 DDL's own Dr. Zhang Yuetong will be presenting research for the UNC Department of Public Policy's Research Group Seminar Series!
Flier below! ⬇️
🕐 Next Friday October 10th at 2pm in Sitterson Hall Room F009 DDL's own Dr. Zhang Yuetong will be presenting research for the UNC Department of Public Policy's Research Group Seminar Series!
Flier below! ⬇️
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In collaboration with Sustainability Unlocked, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, Associate Professor at @UNC and founder of @datadrivenlab.bsky.social unpacks how data driven insights and innovation are transforming the climate accountability space.
Climate Action Accountability System
In this video, Angel explains the UN’s Recognition and Accountability Framework (RAF) and how it strengthens climate action. Learn how data, AI, and governance improve transparency, enforce…
bpp.sustainabilityunlocked.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
In collaboration with Sustainability Unlocked, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, Associate Professor at @UNC and founder of @datadrivenlab.bsky.social unpacks how data driven insights and innovation are transforming the climate accountability space.
🌐 CLAIM (Data-Driven EnviroLab) seeks 1–2 students for a semester-long independent study on AI & climate in the Central African Republic 🇨🇫. French required 🇫🇷. Apply: ddl@unc.edu | More info on the flyer below.
August 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🌐 CLAIM (Data-Driven EnviroLab) seeks 1–2 students for a semester-long independent study on AI & climate in the Central African Republic 🇨🇫. French required 🇫🇷. Apply: ddl@unc.edu | More info on the flyer below.
Webinar Alert!
Listen to DDL Director Dr. Angel Hsu discuss consumer/corporate use of AI, environmental information sharing's potential role in consumer and corporate behavior, and the insights social science provides to achieve the economic/environmental goals of consumers and firms.
Join here ⬇️
Listen to DDL Director Dr. Angel Hsu discuss consumer/corporate use of AI, environmental information sharing's potential role in consumer and corporate behavior, and the insights social science provides to achieve the economic/environmental goals of consumers and firms.
Join here ⬇️
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August 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Webinar Alert!
Listen to DDL Director Dr. Angel Hsu discuss consumer/corporate use of AI, environmental information sharing's potential role in consumer and corporate behavior, and the insights social science provides to achieve the economic/environmental goals of consumers and firms.
Join here ⬇️
Listen to DDL Director Dr. Angel Hsu discuss consumer/corporate use of AI, environmental information sharing's potential role in consumer and corporate behavior, and the insights social science provides to achieve the economic/environmental goals of consumers and firms.
Join here ⬇️
Take a look at the latest Net Zero Tracker analysis, which highlights the growing nexus between carbon-intensive trade and global decarbonization — with a focus on India.
BREAKING: India's exports and jobs hinge on accelerating the clean transition
Our latest report, the third in our series of four exploring the Net Zero–Trade Nexus, explores how carbon intensity is shaping India’s export outcomes.
📘 Read here: zerotracker.net/analysis/ind...
Our latest report, the third in our series of four exploring the Net Zero–Trade Nexus, explores how carbon intensity is shaping India’s export outcomes.
📘 Read here: zerotracker.net/analysis/ind...
July 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Take a look at the latest Net Zero Tracker analysis, which highlights the growing nexus between carbon-intensive trade and global decarbonization — with a focus on India.
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BREAKING: India's exports and jobs hinge on accelerating the clean transition
Our latest report, the third in our series of four exploring the Net Zero–Trade Nexus, explores how carbon intensity is shaping India’s export outcomes.
📘 Read here: zerotracker.net/analysis/ind...
Our latest report, the third in our series of four exploring the Net Zero–Trade Nexus, explores how carbon intensity is shaping India’s export outcomes.
📘 Read here: zerotracker.net/analysis/ind...
July 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
BREAKING: India's exports and jobs hinge on accelerating the clean transition
Our latest report, the third in our series of four exploring the Net Zero–Trade Nexus, explores how carbon intensity is shaping India’s export outcomes.
📘 Read here: zerotracker.net/analysis/ind...
Our latest report, the third in our series of four exploring the Net Zero–Trade Nexus, explores how carbon intensity is shaping India’s export outcomes.
📘 Read here: zerotracker.net/analysis/ind...
We're excited about the new Yale Environmental Data Science Certificate.
The course has an online flexible format, generous scholarships, and great instructors including DDL Director Angel Hsu. Applications are open and rolling.
Apply below 👇
Applications close 7/31
Program starts 10/2/2025
The course has an online flexible format, generous scholarships, and great instructors including DDL Director Angel Hsu. Applications are open and rolling.
Apply below 👇
Applications close 7/31
Program starts 10/2/2025
Environmental Data Science Certificate Program
Applications close July 31, 2025
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July 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We're excited about the new Yale Environmental Data Science Certificate.
The course has an online flexible format, generous scholarships, and great instructors including DDL Director Angel Hsu. Applications are open and rolling.
Apply below 👇
Applications close 7/31
Program starts 10/2/2025
The course has an online flexible format, generous scholarships, and great instructors including DDL Director Angel Hsu. Applications are open and rolling.
Apply below 👇
Applications close 7/31
Program starts 10/2/2025
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Following the release of our 2025 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, it's time to spotlight the @netzerotracker.bsky.social — a project that monitors the credibility of 4,000+ net-zero targets.
The 2025 Net Zero Stocktake is coming soon.
🔗 zerotracker.net
The 2025 Net Zero Stocktake is coming soon.
🔗 zerotracker.net
July 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Following the release of our 2025 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor, it's time to spotlight the @netzerotracker.bsky.social — a project that monitors the credibility of 4,000+ net-zero targets.
The 2025 Net Zero Stocktake is coming soon.
🔗 zerotracker.net
The 2025 Net Zero Stocktake is coming soon.
🔗 zerotracker.net
☀️This summer, DDL RAs Katherine Burley Farr & Scout Correa are continuing our work on urban heat stress in the Triangle. They're leading our new Cool Pavements analysis in Raleigh, NC.
🧵Read more below 👇
🧵Read more below 👇
July 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
☀️This summer, DDL RAs Katherine Burley Farr & Scout Correa are continuing our work on urban heat stress in the Triangle. They're leading our new Cool Pavements analysis in Raleigh, NC.
🧵Read more below 👇
🧵Read more below 👇
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Storm Response Information for Carrboro, NC -- Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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July 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Storm Response Information for Carrboro, NC -- Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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🏙️ 🌡️ What makes an urban heat island (UHI)?
In an ABC11 WTVD-TV interview, Sarah Berk a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the DDL, highlights key factors that cause Durham's historic Hayti community to be designated as a UHI.
📽️ Watch the full interview here: abc11.com/videoClip/16...
In an ABC11 WTVD-TV interview, Sarah Berk a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the DDL, highlights key factors that cause Durham's historic Hayti community to be designated as a UHI.
📽️ Watch the full interview here: abc11.com/videoClip/16...
Durham's Historic Hayti considered an urban heat island
Experts said the historic Hayti community is considered an urban heat island, which means temperatures there could be anywhere from four to seven degrees hotter than anywhere else in the city.
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June 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🏙️ 🌡️ What makes an urban heat island (UHI)?
In an ABC11 WTVD-TV interview, Sarah Berk a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the DDL, highlights key factors that cause Durham's historic Hayti community to be designated as a UHI.
📽️ Watch the full interview here: abc11.com/videoClip/16...
In an ABC11 WTVD-TV interview, Sarah Berk a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the DDL, highlights key factors that cause Durham's historic Hayti community to be designated as a UHI.
📽️ Watch the full interview here: abc11.com/videoClip/16...
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🔔 Volunteer remotely for an hour a week with the @netzerotracker.bsky.social zerotracker.net/volunteering
🌏 Gain practical experience collecting climate policy data
📝 Apply now to kickstart your own climate career
🌏 Gain practical experience collecting climate policy data
📝 Apply now to kickstart your own climate career
June 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔔 Volunteer remotely for an hour a week with the @netzerotracker.bsky.social zerotracker.net/volunteering
🌏 Gain practical experience collecting climate policy data
📝 Apply now to kickstart your own climate career
🌏 Gain practical experience collecting climate policy data
📝 Apply now to kickstart your own climate career
🌟 Meet our Summer RAs! 🌟
Scout Correa & Andrew Martin bring expertise in env. health, policy & defense to DDL. Excited for their work on cool pavements & UESI!
👉 Learn more: datadrivenlab.org/featured/int...
Scout Correa & Andrew Martin bring expertise in env. health, policy & defense to DDL. Excited for their work on cool pavements & UESI!
👉 Learn more: datadrivenlab.org/featured/int...
June 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌟 Meet our Summer RAs! 🌟
Scout Correa & Andrew Martin bring expertise in env. health, policy & defense to DDL. Excited for their work on cool pavements & UESI!
👉 Learn more: datadrivenlab.org/featured/int...
Scout Correa & Andrew Martin bring expertise in env. health, policy & defense to DDL. Excited for their work on cool pavements & UESI!
👉 Learn more: datadrivenlab.org/featured/int...
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🌍📉 NEW REPORT OUT NOW
🔍 What happens when a country’s trade partners move faster on net zero than it does? Our analysis finds South Africa faces rising economic and risk as major export markets tighten climate standards.
Read the full report here: zerotracker.net/analysis/sou...
🔍 What happens when a country’s trade partners move faster on net zero than it does? Our analysis finds South Africa faces rising economic and risk as major export markets tighten climate standards.
Read the full report here: zerotracker.net/analysis/sou...
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🌍📉 NEW REPORT OUT NOW
🔍 What happens when a country’s trade partners move faster on net zero than it does? Our analysis finds South Africa faces rising economic and risk as major export markets tighten climate standards.
Read the full report here: zerotracker.net/analysis/sou...
🔍 What happens when a country’s trade partners move faster on net zero than it does? Our analysis finds South Africa faces rising economic and risk as major export markets tighten climate standards.
Read the full report here: zerotracker.net/analysis/sou...
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🎙️New Podcast!
In this conversation, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, Associate Professor at University of North Carolina and founder of @datadrivenlab.bsky.social, joins
@tomraftery.com to delve into pressing climate and sustainability issues.
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In this conversation, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, Associate Professor at University of North Carolina and founder of @datadrivenlab.bsky.social, joins
@tomraftery.com to delve into pressing climate and sustainability issues.
🔗
Inside the AI Lab Taking on Climate Misinformation - Climate Confident
In this episode of the Climate Confident podcast, I’m joined by Angel Hsu, associate professor at UNC Chapel Hill and founder of the Data-Driven EnviroLab. We dive deep into how AI can be used to…
www.climateconfidentpodcast.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎙️New Podcast!
In this conversation, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, Associate Professor at University of North Carolina and founder of @datadrivenlab.bsky.social, joins
@tomraftery.com to delve into pressing climate and sustainability issues.
🔗
In this conversation, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, Associate Professor at University of North Carolina and founder of @datadrivenlab.bsky.social, joins
@tomraftery.com to delve into pressing climate and sustainability issues.
🔗
The Future of Climate AI: Insights from CLAIM
Last week, DDL hosted our CLAIM workshop—Climate Action in the Age of AI: Can Intelligent Systems Save the Planet?
The star-studded event featured far too many insights to fit in a single skeet, so check them all out on our LinkedIn!
Last week, DDL hosted our CLAIM workshop—Climate Action in the Age of AI: Can Intelligent Systems Save the Planet?
The star-studded event featured far too many insights to fit in a single skeet, so check them all out on our LinkedIn!
The Future of Climate AI: Insights from CLAIM
At our CLAIM… | Data-Driven EnviroLab
The Future of Climate AI: Insights from CLAIM
At our CLAIM workshop—Climate Action in the Age of AI: Can Intelligent Systems Save the Planet?—this question sparked urgent dialogue.
Over 1.5 days, we ...
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June 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Future of Climate AI: Insights from CLAIM
Last week, DDL hosted our CLAIM workshop—Climate Action in the Age of AI: Can Intelligent Systems Save the Planet?
The star-studded event featured far too many insights to fit in a single skeet, so check them all out on our LinkedIn!
Last week, DDL hosted our CLAIM workshop—Climate Action in the Age of AI: Can Intelligent Systems Save the Planet?
The star-studded event featured far too many insights to fit in a single skeet, so check them all out on our LinkedIn!
🎧 Listen to this week's ClimateConfident podcast with @tomraftery.com featuring DDL director @profangelhsu.bsky.social!
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🎙️ Watch the pod here on YouTube: youtu.be/N2329FCrzM8?...
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🎙️ Watch the pod here on YouTube: youtu.be/N2329FCrzM8?...
This AI Exposes Greenwashing in Net Zero Pledges
YouTube video by Tom Raftery: Sustainability & Climate Talks
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May 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🎧 Listen to this week's ClimateConfident podcast with @tomraftery.com featuring DDL director @profangelhsu.bsky.social!
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🎙️ Watch the pod here on YouTube: youtu.be/N2329FCrzM8?...
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🎙️ Watch the pod here on YouTube: youtu.be/N2329FCrzM8?...