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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.

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024: experience ‘Tokyo 2050’ todaySponsored by The SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Showcase Program Executive Committee

Discover innovative concepts to solve urban issues through SusHi Tech Tokyo’s programme focused on leveraging diverse ideas, digital know-how and cutting-edge technologies.

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 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 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.

Opinions

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

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 –Shenzhen

Smart Cities Reports10 Oct 2022

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Las Vegas

Smart Cities Reports29 Nov 2021

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Las Vegas with its unprecedented growth, urban development, and leaps of imagination.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seattle

Smart Cities Reports25 Aug 2021

We explore Seattle’s journey to becoming a data-driven city and how it plans to continue to develop its smart city strengths

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – London

Smart Cities Reports19 Mar 2021

The long term-impact of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union and the country’s poor performance in the Covid-19 pandemic, are among the complex set of challenges it faces if London is to remain one of the world’s most influential and enviable cities.

White paper: Understanding Resiliency : What it means to be a resilient city and tools to support

White Papers09 Aug 2021

This whitepaper will provide a better understanding of the necessity for resiliency strategies, the challenges of implementing resiliency and digital tools to support cities and territories to build more resilient, sustainable and safe places to live.

White Paper: Artificial Intelligence Within Cities – The Next Stage in Societal Digital TransformationSponsored by Fiware

White Papers16 Jul 2021

In collaboration with Matthew James Bailey (leading authority, pioneer, and consultant in innovation, AI and AI Ethics, Smart Cities, IoT, and a renowned author), this brand new white paper focusses on the role played by artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future experience of Smart Cities.

Tokyo named most innovative city in annual ranking

News09 Jul 2021

The win was attributed to strong technology application, digital capability and pandemic performance and, for the first time in 14 years, more than half of the top 100 cities were from the US.

Campaign seeks to mobilise cities into climate action ahead of COP26

News08 Jul 2021

UN-backed Cities Race to Resilience is stressing the urgent need to build global climate resilience in a way that prioritises people and nature and enables vulnerable communities to thrive.

Glasgow becomes first UK city to sign Circular Cities Declaration

News05 Jul 2021

By signing the declaration, Glasgow will become a member of a network of more than 50 European cities, working to raise awareness of the benefits of the circular economy.

Dubai establishes Digital Authority to prepare for the emirate’s next phase

News01 Jul 2021

Smart Dubai is among the entities to be brought under the umbrella which aims to set an example in developing best practices and systems to make life easier for inhabitants over the next five decades.

Zencity raises $30m to help governments better tune in to citizen needs

News29 Jun 2021

Investors in the company, whose technology delivers community insights and analytics for state and local governments to make more data-driven decisions, include Microsoft and Salesforce Ventures.

10 cities awarded grants for equitable recovery by repurposing streets

News23 Jun 2021

The selected cities will receive $50,000 to work with local community partners to transform streets into community assets that aid in the Covid-19 pandemic recovery.

Bloomberg names 50 finalist cities for 2021 Global Mayors’ Challenge

News16 Jun 2021

The cities chosen are considered to have come up with the boldest urban innovations emerging from the pandemic with the challenge aiming to spread the most promising ideas.

Access to reliable broadband key to cities’ resilience during the pandemic

News14 Jun 2021

Findings from National League of Cities’ 2021 State of the Cities survey also reveals that the availability of parks and green spaces was a top condition supporting communities.

Belfast rewards its citizens for spending time in green spaces

News08 Jun 2021

Individuals can earn rewards such as transport passes via the social currency mobile app which also provides a promotional platform for local businesses, services, and events.

Smart Dubai completes first phase of unified employee database

News07 Jun 2021

Dubai Government wants to optimise investment in its human resources and establish a reliable source of employee data, as well as meet the requirements of its smart city aspirations.

Texas regional consortium pursues new ways to accelerate public sector innovation

News03 Jun 2021

The North Texas Innovation Alliance is partnering with Marketplace.city to help to source and evaluate technology solutions and financial models to unlock new revenue sources.

Open source earthquake detection technology used in global initiative

Open data26 May 2021

Grillo’s sensors, which are based on low-cost, open source hardware designs, are being used as part of a Clinton Global Initiative earthquake early warning project in Puerto Rico.

Thailand's “Silicon Beach” development builds 5G smart city network

News26 May 2021

Ban Chan is connected to a motorway linking the cities of Pattaya and Bangkok, making it well-placed to take advantage of 5G use cases in several areas including industrial robots and telemedicine.

City of Milpitas launches smart city energy and water programme

News21 May 2021

Energy and water conservation measures in the plan are expected to reduce utility consumption and save more than $1.5m in energy and water costs per year.

Seoul’s smart poles to charge EVs and drones

News21 May 2021

Seoul Metropolitan Government intends to carry out a pilot project to enhance the functionality of smart poles by embedding electric vehicle chargers and drone stations in them.

Oil leaks

Editor's Blog21 May 2021

Michael Lewis, the forensic chronicler of the 2008 financial crash in The Big Short (among many, many other incredible books), made a headspinning comment this week: "There are six times more people over the age of 60 than under the age of 30 working in computer systems."

Moscow to host international online smart cities summit

News18 May 2021

The event, which aims to become a prologue to the Smart Cities Moscow offline forum in 2022, will have a particular focus on adapting the urban environment to the new normal.

Think Tank: Building Circular Cities

Opinions17 May 2021

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

Making haste with waste

Editor's Blog14 May 2021

What’s important to you where you live? Waste is one area that is overlooked all too often, perhaps understandable given what it literally is, but you quickly realise when your city isn’t getting things right

UK National Cyber Security Centre publishes guidance on securing smart cities

News12 May 2021

The new set of security principles aims to help UK authorities embrace technology while protecting their underlying infrastructure and critical public services.

Bus conductors

Editor's Blog07 May 2021

You wait for stories on electric buses and then two come along at once. This week saw Gothenburg in Sweden and Charlotte in the United States announce plans to electrify their public transport networks.

Toronto accelerates its transformation to digital payments and services

News06 May 2021

The city council has approved a contract with PayIt Digital Government and will jointly design a digital experience and platform to enable digital payments to be made to the city.

Managing the smart city generation gap

Career Building05 May 2021

Recognising that one size doesn’t fit all and knowing how to take advantage of the benefits of cross-generational teams, are critical to a healthy and productive workplace.

Who lives in a house like this?

Editor's Blog30 Apr 2021

There’s no place like home. And up until recently there has been no place that has built via a 3D printer. This week Elize Lutz and Harriet Dekkers got a digital key to their two bedroom bungalow in the Beatrix canal in the Eindhoven suburb of Bosrijk.

Plug and Play accelerator launches in Seoul

News27 Apr 2021

Plug and Play will build an innovation platform in Korea based on its relationship with leading corporations, start-ups, and government entities in the country.

Moscow releases catalogue of smart city projects

News26 Apr 2021

A joint project by ICT.Moscow and government, the resource features information on 68 smart city projects and public data sets on Moscow city infrastructure facilities.

Vancouver puts citizens' views at the centre of its future planning vision

News23 Apr 2021

Planning Vancouver Together seeks to create “complete, connected and culturally vibrant” neighbourhoods in the Canadian city that meet the everyday needs of those that live and work in them.

Soft power

Editor's Blog23 Apr 2021

Momentum is building. Earth Day this week saw world leaders falling over themselves to promise even further cuts to climate emissions in a sign that our leaders are taking this issue seriously.

Record-breaking entries for 2021 Global Mayors Challenge

News22 Apr 2021

The Bloomberg Philanthropies’ challenge was launched in January 2021 and will select 50 “champion cities” to test their ideas for several months this year.

Boston rewards citizens for shopping locally to aid recovery

News21 Apr 2021

Using the B-Local mobile app, shoppers earn rewards automatically at hundreds of participating local businesses across the city which can be converted to cash discounts.

Think Tank: When the sea swallows your cities

Opinions19 Apr 2021

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.

Reality bites

Editor's Blog16 Apr 2021

Joe Biden has hit the ground running as US president, determined to make up for the somewhat eventful four years of his predecessor in office, rebuild international alliances and, critically, put climate at the heart of his presidency.

Edinburgh council proposes how it will become a net-zero organisation by 2030

News16 Apr 2021

Draft plans include ensuring that all new council operational buildings are constructed to the highest energy criteria and electrifying all council car and van fleets.

Dublin to host AI-powered e-scooter research project

News15 Apr 2021

It will operate on Dublin City University campuses and aims to improve e-scooter safety and explore smart city use cases for computer vision-equipped micro-mobility vehicles.

WEF to launch regional networks to support digital transformation of smaller cities

News08 Apr 2021

The networks in Latin America and South Asia will share smart city knowledge and connect mid-size and small cities in the regions with pioneer cities.

City Lights: Michael Guerin, Programme Manager, Smart Docklands

City Lights05 Apr 2021

On being an ’honest broker’, avoiding death by pilot and data driven smart cities.

The fourth generation of cities

Editor's Blog01 Apr 2021

It’s a strange time. Of course, it has been a strange time for well over a year but optimism surrounding vaccination rates in countries like Israel, the UK and Chile is being sharply tempered by fresh and sudden lockdowns in Europe, vaccine scepticism in some countries and a deadly and passive approach to the virus in Brazil.

Start-ups invited to enter 2021 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge

News01 Apr 2021

The global competition offers total prize money of $150,000 in funding for the winning entrepreneurs or ventures to further develop their ideas and help to transform cities.

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

Opinions31 Mar 2021

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.

Singapore, Seoul and London top smart city governance ranking

News31 Mar 2021

Cities were recognised for not only being advanced in terms of technologies adopted throughout the city, but in their government’s efforts to bring the city population along with their digitalisation journey.

Sydney to plant 700 new street trees annually to green the city

News29 Mar 2021

Greening Sydney 2030 sets the directions, targets and actions for all aspects of greening, including canopy targets and innovative plans to increase green roofs and walls and streetscape gardening.

(Almost) everything flows

Editor's Blog26 Mar 2021

First off, I would like to apologise to you for being unable to find a smart cities angle on the hapless ship stuck in the Suez Canal. I am sure you all have been as horribly fascinated with the story as I have and I regret being unable to write about it.

On the right side of the game: how open source is making digital laggards catch up

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