The power of cities to reshape their climate future

Sandra Baer takes us through the eight things city leaders should be looking for during Cop28 in Dubai, to help build inclusive and lasting climate resilience.

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Bloomberg and Cop28 join forces to bolster cities’ climate action

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The latest news on climate change concerning smart city projects across the world.

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.

Leaders call for systemic actions to meet climate goals

Leaders call for systemic actions to meet climate goals

Climate action12 Jan 2024

Alliance for CEO Climate Leaders, a community facilitated by the World Economic Forum, is putting forward 10 measures to close the emissions reduction gap.

Cop28: Digital dashboard to monitor UAE net zero activities

Cop28: Digital dashboard to monitor UAE net zero activities

Climate action12 Dec 2023

The UAE Earth platform aims to help advance progress and support decision-making in five domains: economy, adaptation, reduction, transition and health.

Cop28: The city of Dire Dawa announces water management PPP

Cop28: The city of Dire Dawa announces water management PPP

Water11 Dec 2023

The public-private-partnership project harnesses digital twin technology, AI, ML and satellite imagery, combined with blockchain-enabled water accounting.

Cop28: US departments team to decarbonise building sector

Cop28: US departments team to decarbonise building sector

Climate action08 Dec 2023

Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Energy will work together on domestic efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the building sector.

Cop28: Ports to form green and digital shipping corridor

Cop28: Ports to form green and digital shipping corridor

Climate action08 Dec 2023

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles unveiled the partnership strategy for the corridor across the Pacific.

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.

Cop28: Tackling the complexities of the energy transition

Cop28: Tackling the complexities of the energy transition

Climate action06 Dec 2023

Modelling by EY showcased at Cop28 reveals there is not one energy transition, but multiple ones unfolding at different paces and in different ways globally.

Cop28: Proof-of-concept net-zero data utility unveiled

Cop28: Proof-of-concept net-zero data utility unveiled

Climate action05 Dec 2023

Net-Zero Data Public Utility will be the world’s first global, standardised source of private sector climate transition-related data, freely accessible to all.

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SmartCitiesWorld launches AI CityXchange to support cities at every stage of AI adoption

A dedicated platform and series of workshop events focused on how AI is being applied across cities from experimentation to large-scale, embedded deployment.

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.

AI used to monitor and optimise Swedish road infrastructure

Computer vision and machine learning specialist, Univrses, will work with the Swedish Transport Administration to digitise and manage roadside infrastructure.

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.

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

Gareth Morgan, executive director of future planning and resilience for the City of Cape Town, joins the Urban Exchange to talk about his efforts to put resilience front and centre of all aspects of the city’s work.

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Find out how Dublin is innovating to improve experiences and services for its communities in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile, including digital twin projects, traffic reduction, and economic growth.

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Trend Report 2025: Planning and operating thriving cities – innovation for smarter urban living

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How cities can own their data and their future with sovereign AI

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Tune into the SmartCitiesWorld podcast to understand the world of sovereign AI for cities, featuring PNY Technologies’ Youssef Nadiri as our expert guest.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune in for the latest Urban Exchange where we get a first-hand account of city resilience measures from Quezon City following unexpected extreme rainfall.

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