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OnDemand Global Local Executive Panel: From Smart Cities to Sustainable Futures – AI and Local Governance

In this virtual session, panellists will explore innovative approaches to issues such as urban planning, transportation, and public safety, with a specific focus on the role of local governments in implementing AI solutions.

OnDemand Webinar: Demystifying the AI journey for cities

We explore how cities can overcome these barriers and embark on a successful AI journey, discovering the processes involved in applying AI to city data and creating valuable actionable insights across sustainability, operational efficiency, safety and beyond.

Special Reports

A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

Discover how this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit puts the spotlight on the switch to clean and renewable energy, and the importance of energy-efficiency.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: unlocking climate finance

The 2024 Cities Climate Action Summit will focus on innovative funding mechanisms and strategies to mobilise private finance for urban climate initiatives as one of its central themes.

Smart Cities Reports

Podcasts

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 22 - Digital solutions shaping the urban landscape

The latest Urban Exchange takes us inside the world of digital financial innovation and how it supports urban resilience, with experts from Cape Town and StateUp.

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Rebuilding green: Analysing the Biden infrastructure plan

John Fitzgerald, Project Director, Linesight, explains why major reskilling, outreach work by government and the right messaging will be key to realising benefits.

The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim Abdulrahim.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Smart Cities Reports

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

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AI in Utilities Management for Cities Trend Report 2024

Trend Series

Discover how AI is transforming utilities with improved efficiency, reliability, and sustainability, enhancing operations and customer service.

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OnDemand Panel discussion: Using AI to create value in cities for communities and workforce

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Join the next SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion to discover how AI can transform cities, enhancing operations and services for communities and empowering the workforce.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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Cop29: GCoM package supports multilevel climate action

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How AI is helping to advance green technology

Cop29: ClimateView launches open source climate action tool

Boston kicks off its Reimagine Main Streets programme

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Air quality

The latest news on air quality challenges and solutions for smart city projects across the world.

100 cities get Bloomberg funding for youth climate efforts

100 cities get Bloomberg funding for youth climate efforts

Climate action11 Apr 2024

Efforts stemming from the new Youth Climate Action Fund will advance critical community goals such as meeting decarbonisation commitments or reducing emissions.

Calgary advances green fleet and gets smart with water

Calgary advances green fleet and gets smart with water

Electric vehicles04 Apr 2024

The Canadian city has received funding from the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre to modernise its vehicles and is also creating a water security roadmap.

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

Webinars10 Dec 2023

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

Vaisala weather station aims to help cities build resilience

Vaisala weather station aims to help cities build resilience

Air quality02 Oct 2023

Vaisala weather station helps communities leverage weather, environmental and road state observations to localise intelligence to fit their specific needs.

Why extreme heat is the worst climate hazard for world’s cities

Why extreme heat is the worst climate hazard for world’s cities

Climate action25 Aug 2023

Just over half of cities in the CDP 2022 index registered extreme heat as a hazard, making it the most widely reported climate hazard facing global cities.

How San Francisco is tackling extreme heat and air quality

How San Francisco is tackling extreme heat and air quality

Climate action21 Jul 2023

The Heat and Air Quality Resilience Plan outlines strategies to make the city more resilient to heat waves and wildfire smoke in the face of climate change.

Cardiff expands air quality monitoring network

Cardiff expands air quality monitoring network

Air quality04 May 2023

The Vortex units will be placed in the city’s four air quality monitoring areas and more widely across the whole of the city, near areas of concern like schools.

Six European cities awarded €7m for data-driven projects

Six European cities awarded €7m for data-driven projects

Climate action27 Apr 2023

Funding from the ICLEI Action Fund and Google.org will help to boost projects aimed at improving the environment, reducing GHG and climate change adaptation.

Soofa smart city kiosks expand hyperlocal customisation

Soofa smart city kiosks expand hyperlocal customisation

Citizen engagement22 Mar 2023

The latest release of the smart city communication tool aims to help municipalities be as agile as possible when delivering hyperlocal community information.

Speaker line-up announced for Cities Climate Action Summit

Cities Climate Action Summit14 Mar 2023

Experts from cities and organisations around the world will come together in SmartCitiesWorld’s three-day hybrid event to tackle the climate challenge head-on.

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dortmund

In this edition, we focus on Dortmund in western Germany. With around 600,000 inhabitants, Dortmund is the eighth-largest city in Germany and the gateway to the Rhine-Ruhr region in the heart of Europe.

Are you going to Smart City Expo, Barcelona in Nov 2024?

Are you going to Smart City Expo, Barcelona in November? If so, just let us know and we’ll be able to invite you to a number of exclusive events!

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

New Rochelle unveils plans for transit centre redesign

Redesign is a cornerstone of the City’s transformative downtown redevelopment strategy, positioning it as a model for equitable and sustainable urban growth.

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Guest Opinions

Helsinki’s journey to becoming a 15-minute city

Anni Sinnemäki, Helsinki’s deputy mayor for the urban environment, provides expert insight into the Finnish city’s ...

Greenwich’s smart city benchmarking toolkit for adaptability and resilience

Allan Mayo, Smart City Strategist, DG Cities, outlines how DG Cities is using an evidence-based tool to ensure its ...

The reality of MaaS has arrived, by Ben Foulser, associate director, Infrastructure Advisory Practice, KPMG

Mobility-as-a-Service enhances the user experienced and can achieve key policy objectives such as economic growth and ...

Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Smart Cities Reports

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

Latest Trend Report

AI in Utilities Management for Cities Trend Report 2024

Trend Series

Discover how AI is transforming utilities with improved efficiency, reliability, and sustainability, enhancing operations and customer service.

Latest Webinar

OnDemand Panel discussion: Using AI to create value in cities for communities and workforce

Webinars

Join the next SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion to discover how AI can transform cities, enhancing operations and services for communities and empowering the workforce.

Latest Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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Cop29: GCoM package supports multilevel climate action

QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge winner addresses water scarcity

How AI is helping to advance green technology

Cop29: ClimateView launches open source climate action tool

Boston kicks off its Reimagine Main Streets programme

SmartCitiesWorld Newsletters (Daily/Weekly)

Our editorial newsletter pulls together our latest news items into one email, direct to your inbox. We also feature our latest city interviews, Special Reports and Guest Opinions.

Special Reports

COP26: 10 guiding principles to be reflected in the final agreement

COP26: 10 guiding principles to be reflected in the final agreement

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

How the holistic approach is central to the Covid-19 recovery

How the holistic approach is central to the Covid-19 recovery

Research

White Paper: Edge computing and AI - the foundations of the best in class smart city