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

Vancouver approves Climate Change Adaptation Strategy update

UK Met Office launches climate service for local authorities

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 11 – Gareth Morgan, Cape Town – Mainstreaming and institutionalising urban resilience

Speaker line-up announced for Cities Climate Action Summit

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Policymaking

The latest news in policy making on smart city projects and initiatives across the world.

Global Future Councils call for collective action to tackle global crises

Global Future Councils call for collective action to tackle global crises

News18 Oct 2024

Initiatives and reports launched or advanced during the meeting in Dubai included the Clean Air Actions in Cities report and first in a series of AI reports.

Coalition builds on drive to multilevel climate action

Coalition builds on drive to multilevel climate action

Climate action25 Sep 2024

Bloomberg, WRI and the Cop28 Presidency co-hosted a Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships (Champ) High-Level Political Dialogue at Climate Week NYC.

SmartCitiesWorld to host second Cities Climate Action Summit

SmartCitiesWorld to host second Cities Climate Action Summit

Climate action13 Feb 2024

The in-person (London) and online event takes place 26-27 June and will convene city leaders, climate experts and organisations from around the world.

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

Cop28: Driving climate action in cities

Climate action07 Dec 2023

Initiatives announced on the Cop28 Multilevel Action, Urbanisation, Built Environment and Transport Day included tools to measure methane emissions and benefits of 15-minute cities.

Cop28: Presidency reiterates call for subnational collaboration

Cop28: Presidency reiterates call for subnational collaboration

Climate action07 Dec 2023

The Presidency said national governments must fully integrate climate action among all levels of government and collaborate with subnational governments.

C40 Cities announces co-chair model to drive climate action

C40 Cities announces co-chair model to drive climate action

Climate action09 Nov 2023

Co-chair model requires there to be one mayor from the Global North and one from the Global South to demonstrate inclusive global leadership in climate action.

UK councils urged to step up climate action efforts

UK councils urged to step up climate action efforts

Climate action20 Oct 2023

The first ever Council Climate Action Scorecards by the non-profit Climate Emergency UK reveals that national barriers are a key reason for under-performance.

Call to action ahead of G7 urban development meeting

Call to action ahead of G7 urban development meeting

Policymaking06 Jul 2023

Ahead of the G7 Sustainable Urban Development Ministers’ meeting in Japan, WEF has issued a six-point call-to-action to accelerate sustainable urban development.

Chicago advances commitment to environmental justice for all

Chicago advances commitment to environmental justice for all

Policymaking12 May 2023

The city will build on the groundwork already done to remedy the harms caused by pollution and other burdens for generations of residents and communities.

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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.

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!

Neom announces investments in future land and sea travel

Neom is investing in autonomous driving company Pony.ai and electric seaglider company Regent to advance plans for zero-emission, multimodal transport.

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.

AI tools for city management launched at Bloomberg CityLab

City AI Connect will be a single destination for local government leaders to ideate, develop, and test new uses for generative AI with peers across cities.

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Why levelling up will fail without embedding climate action

With climate and nature recovery not built into the UK government’s levelling up bill, Nigel Riglar, past president of A...

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 ...

The scalable impact of resilient city solutions

Michael Lake and Zoe Selman of Leading Cities say the key to resiliency is innovative thinking and technology and urge ...

Think Tank: Building Circular Cities

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

Think Tank: When the sea swallows your cities

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

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

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

Why cities need to get smart about maintenance

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

Think tank: Sex(ism) and the city

In the latest of our opinion pieces from members of our Advisory Board, the question of whether our cities are truly ...

Think tank: City life on Mars? Creating human centred communities in space and beyond

In the latest in our series of opinions from our Advisory Board, the City of Mississauga’s Anthea Foyer says it’s time ...

Resilient cities are being redefined by the coronavirus

Covid-19 is showing us what resilience in cities actually is, writes Stephen Zoegall, director of global cities and ...

The smartest cities on climate: What can we learn?

More cities must ramp up their climate ambition and deliver urgent action, fast, says Kyra Appleby, Global Director of C...

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 ...

Is the IoT a trojan horse for smart cities?

Last month, the City of Atlanta faced one of the most significant cyber-attacks mounted against a major city anywhere ...

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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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

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

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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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