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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.

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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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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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We ask cities and industry experts from around the world to give us their opinion on smart city technology and challenges.

Ann Moore: Industry Principal, Power & Utilities, AVEVA

Power play: The race to decarbonisation

Smart grids15 May 2024by Ann Moore: Industry Principal, Power & Utilities, AVEVA

With today’s power plants needing to dynamically balance complex energy inputs with fluctuating demands, operators must strengthen their ecosystems to rise to the challenge, says Ann Moore, industry principal, Power & Utilities, AVEVA

Satya Rhodes-Conway: Mayor of Madison and Chair Emerita of Climate Mayors

The EV boom is here, and mayors are taking the wheel

Climate action10 Apr 2024by Satya Rhodes-Conway: Mayor of Madison and Chair Emerita of Climate Mayors

Mayor of Madison and and Chair Emerita of Climate Mayors, Satya Rhodes-Conway, says the time is now to leverage unprecedented federal funding to ensure a clean transportation future.

Manminder Takhar: Global CTO, Global Digital Cities, Dell Technologies

The three key pillars of digital urban transformation

Resilience31 Oct 2023by Manminder Takhar: Global CTO, Global Digital Cities, Dell Technologies

Manminder Takhar, Global CTO, Global Digital Cities, Dell Technologies, explores how cities are embracing digital transformation to tackle urban challenges, ensure accessibility and equity, and enhance operational efficiency, while keeping sustainability front of mind.

Dr Uwe Jasnoch: Director, EMEA Government, Transportation & Defence, Hexagon's Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial

How digital twins are transforming city sustainability initiatives

Digital twins17 Oct 2023by Dr Uwe Jasnoch: Director, EMEA Government, Transportation & Defence, Hexagon's Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial

Hexagon’s Dr Uwe Jasnoch highlights cities around the world that are making digital twins a key strand of their climate action and sustainability strategies.

Paul Kostek: Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The future of city infrastructure

Resilience03 May 2023by Paul Kostek: Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The IEEE’s Paul Kostek says the rise of natural disasters and extreme weather calls for a far more resilient infrastructure and one that can provide early warning signs.

Why satellite data is key to smarter, sustainable cities

Climate action14 Nov 2022by Gaetano Volpe: Ceo, Latitudo 40

Satellite imagery can act as “a time machine” for cities battling climate change, says Gaetano Volpe of Latitudo 40, helping us understand the past and future.

Nigel Riglar: Executive Director – Place, South Gloucestershire Council

Why levelling up will fail without embedding climate action

Policymaking18 Aug 2022by Nigel Riglar: Executive Director – Place, South Gloucestershire Council

With climate and nature recovery not built into the UK government’s levelling up bill, Nigel Riglar, past president of ADEPT and executive director – place at South Gloucestershire Council, explains why this risks inequalities being exacerbated.

Anni Sinnemäki: Deputy Mayor For The Urban Environment, Helsinki

Helsinki’s journey to becoming a 15-minute city

Policymaking06 Jul 2022by Anni Sinnemäki: Deputy Mayor For The Urban Environment, Helsinki

Anni Sinnemäki, Helsinki’s deputy mayor for the urban environment, provides expert insight into the Finnish city’s journey towards a more sustainable and seamless transport system.

Invest in training to stop the pain of energy pain price rises

People and skills01 Jun 2022by Cara Jenkinson: Cities Manager, Ashden

The UK faces a retrofit challenge to meet its net zero ambitions and create sustainable cites but, as Ashden’s Cara Jenkinson explains, it must first tackle the major skills shortage that is hampering efforts.

Achieving climate change with cities

Resilience22 Apr 2022by Michael Lake

We have seen great gains in terms of building resilience and tackling critical challenges by investing in smart city solutions but, as Michael Lake of Leading Cities highlights, we need to build the ecosystem to achieve so much more.

The scalable impact of resilient city solutions

Opinions01 Dec 2021by Michael Lake

Michael Lake and Zoe Selman of Leading Cities say the key to resiliency is innovative thinking and technology and urge cities to engage and empower the changemakers, such as start-ups.

Two critical success factors for sustainable cities

Opinions05 Nov 2021by Michael Lake

Leading Cities’ CEO, Michael Lake, and Andrew McCue, an economy consultant at Metabolic, urge leadership in two key areas that provide hope in cities’ battle against climate change and their shift towards sustainability.

Noah Baars: Cities Analyst, Circle Economy

The importance of building with – not over – nature

Opinions19 Jul 2021by Noah Baars: Cities Analyst, Circle Economy

Noah Baars, cities analyst, and Laxmi Haigh, lead of editorial, Circle Economy, highlight why cities need to think about environmental and societal challenges in an integrated way.

Dr Tom Mason, Co-Founder and CEO at Bramble Energy

A hydrogen-fuelled city – a practical reality for the UK or a pipe dream?

Opinions08 Jun 2021by Dr Tom Mason, Co-Founder and CEO at Bramble Energy

Hydrogen’s flexibility can unlock new use cases for smart cities.

Okan Geray, Strategic Planning Advisor, Smart Dubai

Think Tank: Building Circular Cities

Opinions17 May 2021by Okan Geray, Strategic Planning Advisor, Smart Dubai

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, we explore how we break away from the linear city model.

John Fitzgerald, Project Director, Linesight

Rebuilding green: Analysing the Biden infrastructure plan

Opinions29 Apr 2021by John Fitzgerald, Project Director, Linesight

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

Think Tank: When the sea swallows your cities

Opinions19 Apr 2021by Michael Lake

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, a grim warning is issued about the risk of flooding on coastal communities.

Think Tank: Cities on the frontline and lessons for a resilient recovery

Opinions31 Mar 2021by Lauren Sorkin

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, the question ’how can I build resilience for the next crisis?’ is answered.

Why cities need to get smart about maintenance

Opinions10 Mar 2021by Chris Turlica, CEO, MaintainX

A new approach to maintenance work is the key to revitalising our cities, writes Chris Turlica, CEO of MaintainX.

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.

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