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Webinar: Harnessing digital twins for smarter, safer, and more efficient cities

Webinar: Harnessing digital twins for smarter, safer, and more efficient cities

Join our webinar with Bentley Systems to delve into the opportunities of utilising digital twin technologies in urban environments, taking a specific look at Dublin City Council’s digital twin work.
OnDemand Webinar: Futureproofing smart cities - navigating interoperability and open standards

OnDemand Webinar: Futureproofing smart cities - navigating interoperability and open standards

Watch this webinar with Paradox Engineering OnDemand to learn how to navigate the world of open standards for cities that are interoperable and futureproof.

Special Reports

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

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.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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.
SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

Podcasts

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 26 - Championing urban heat resilience: Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 26 - Championing urban heat resilience: Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili

The Urban Exchange welcomes Eleni Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer for UN-Habitat and Atlantic Council, to discuss combatting urban heat at the local level.

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The built environment’s Scope 3 emissions conundrum

The built environment’s Scope 3 emissions conundrum

Without serious consideration for Scope 3 emissions, we will be unable to reach global net zero goals and improve the quality of life of building occupants, says Mahesh Ramanujam, CEO of Global Network for Zero.
Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite data has to play in helping cities tackle the challenges of climate change.
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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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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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.
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People and skills

The latest news on people and skills in smart city projects across the world.

Digital Dubai collaborates with Microsoft on AI skills
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Digital Dubai collaborates with Microsoft on AI skills

People and skills21 Mar 2025
The tech company will help employees develop knowledge and skills in AI science and its application and advance the digital knowledge economy and society.
Sunderland smart city team wins People’s Choice Award
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Sunderland smart city team wins People’s Choice Award

News18 Mar 2025
2025 Digital Leaders Impact Awards invited the public to vote for projects that use digital technology to support communities and create meaningful change. 
Barcelona advances smart city initiatives with Huawei
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Barcelona advances smart city initiatives with Huawei

People and skills12 Mar 2025
The city council will collaborate with Huawei in areas such as the city command centre, smart buildings, connectivity, green energy and ICT talent development.
C40 Cities appoints London climate action expert to its board
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C40 Cities appoints London climate action expert to its board

People and skills10 Mar 2025
Mete Coban is currently deputy mayor of London for environment and energy, overseeing the mayor’s transformative climate action plan for the UK capital.
Edinburgh outlines plans to ensure it is “climate-ready”
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Edinburgh outlines plans to ensure it is “climate-ready”

Climate action04 Mar 2025
The council is proposing 66 steps to help it adapt to climate change and increase the city’s resilience as well as support new climate skills and jobs.
Seattle plain language initiative to improve accessibility
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Seattle plain language initiative to improve accessibility

Inclusivity25 Feb 2025
Order seeks to ensure every resident, worker and visitor can easily access and understand City information and services as well as opportunities for civic engagement.
Green light for government digital campus in Manchester
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Green light for government digital campus in Manchester

Planning and redevelopment24 Feb 2025
Constructed on a former retail park in the city, the campus will bring together a number of Civil Service departments with a focus around digital skills.
Free AI training for Euro cities to bolster data-driven climate action
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Free AI training for Euro cities to bolster data-driven climate action

People and skills21 Feb 2025
Running from 2025 to 2026, the course covers AI applications, machine learning, large language models, and critical issues like bias, privacy, and governance.
Charlotte hosts students in smart city design programme
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Charlotte hosts students in smart city design programme

People and skills19 Feb 2025
The City hosted the students through the 2025 Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Opportunity Zones Smart Cities Programmes’ partnership.
Cities seek $86bn for climate infrastructure projects
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Cities seek $86bn for climate infrastructure projects

Climate action18 Feb 2025
Data from CDP, the world’s independent environmental disclosure system, reveals the urgent need for climate finance to support urban infrastructure projects globally.

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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.

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.

Manchester launches People’s Panel for AI

The panel aims to provide residents with access to education and training on AI, enabling local communities to influence the development of AI initiatives.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 live blog

Follow all the action from the first day of SmartCitiesWorld’s Cities Climate Action Summit online today from 9.25am BST. There’s still time to register for the event and take part in the discussion

UK train station harvests kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps

The project at Leighton Buzzard station aims to show how untapped footfall energy at transport hubs represents a real opportunity to provide sustainable energy sources.

SmartCitiesWorld Newsletters (Daily/Weekly)

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Guest Opinions

Enhancing operational efficiency in cities through AI

Wayne Arvidson, global CTO of verticals, computer vision and AI at Dell Technologies, and Charbel Aoun, smart cities ...
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Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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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Trend Report 2025: Enabling connectivity in cities to improve urban life

Trend Report 2025: Enabling connectivity in cities to improve urban life

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Discover how ubiquitous connectivity is transforming urban living by enhancing efficiency, producing more liveable spaces and making cities smarter.

Latest Webinar

Webinar: Harnessing digital twins for smarter, safer, and more efficient cities

Webinar: Harnessing digital twins for smarter, safer, and more efficient cities

Webinars
Join our webinar with Bentley Systems to delve into the opportunities of utilising digital twin technologies in urban environments, taking a specific look at Dublin City Council’s digital twin work.

Latest Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 26 - Championing urban heat resilience: Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 26 - Championing urban heat resilience: Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili

Urban Exchange Podcast
The Urban Exchange welcomes Eleni Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer for UN-Habitat and Atlantic Council, to discuss combatting urban heat at the local level.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 26 - Championing urban heat resilience: Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 26 - Championing urban heat resilience: Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili

Urban Exchange Podcast
The Urban Exchange welcomes Eleni Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer for UN-Habitat and Atlantic Council, to discuss combatting urban heat at the local level.
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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid
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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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.
SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – San Diego
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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – San Diego

Delve into this City Profile which focuses on how the City of San Diego is innovating through policy and technology to best serve its communities. Find out how it splits the city’s challenges and matches them to solutions that demonstrate exactly how technology, policy and investment come together to overcome both every-day and long-term issues.
SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas
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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dallas

Discover how the City of Dallas is pushing ahead with its smart city efforts with the latest new-look City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld.
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