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Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Jonathan Carr-West, Local Government Information Unit

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Jonathan Carr-West, Local Government Information Unit

Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit, says tackling climate change is a universal issue so collaborative events like Cities Climate Action Summit are essential.
Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Mark-Emil Talivere, City of Tallinn

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Mark-Emil Talivere, City of Tallinn

Mark-Emil Talivere, innovation expert for the City of Tallinn, on why he’s taking part in this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit, how cities can get ahead, and how his city is showing the way. 

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

Smart Cities Reports
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

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

Trend Series
Download our latest report to uncover how artificial intelligence is being used to support cities in how they plan and operate city services to ensure they are vibrant, sustainable and economically thriving modern spaces.

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OnDemand Panel Discussion: Digital twins and AI as the intelligent operating layer for cities

OnDemand Panel Discussion: Digital twins and AI as the intelligent operating layer for cities

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

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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Climate action

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

SmartCitiesWorld’s top news stories of 2025
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SmartCitiesWorld’s top news stories of 2025

News31 Dec 2025
Which cities, trends and technologies made the smart cities headlines over the past 12 months? SmartCitiesWorld brings you its 10 top stories of 2025.
European and US smartest cities revealed
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European and US smartest cities revealed

News08 May 2025
The 2025 ProptechOS Smart City Index analyses 95 global cities, including the 50 largest cities by population in the US and 45 major cities across Europe.
Tallinn joins zero waste certification programme
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Tallinn joins zero waste certification programme

Smart waste28 Mar 2025
The Estonian capital has officially submitted its application to become a Zero Waste Candidate City with the Mission Zero Academy Certification programme.
Tallinn begins work on second circular economy centre
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Tallinn begins work on second circular economy centre

Smart waste17 Mar 2025
Centre supports the city’s goal of creating a more environmentally conscious living environment and gives residents convenient options to change daily habits.
Valencia and Tallinn launch startup challenge to mitigate natural disasters
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Valencia and Tallinn launch startup challenge to mitigate natural disasters

Climate action05 Mar 2025
City councils will work with Startup Valencia and Estonia’s e-Residency programme on the global initiative to develop practical strategies to enhance urban resilience.
Smart city finalists named in TalTech challenge
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Smart city finalists named in TalTech challenge

News10 Jan 2025
Solutions in the latest Tallinn University of Technology’s Smart City Challenge range from lighting nanogrids to 3D tree modelling for urban digital twins.
SmartCitiesWorld’s top news stories of 2024
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SmartCitiesWorld’s top news stories of 2024

News30 Dec 2024
Which cities, trends and technologies made the smart cities headlines over the past 12 months? SmartCitiesWorld brings you its 10 top stories of 2024.
Vilnius named 2025 European Green Capital
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Vilnius named 2025 European Green Capital

Climate action23 Oct 2023
Vilnius aims to become climate-neutral by 2030, reducing emissions with measures such as increasing renewable sources and renovating heating infrastructures.
Smart city solutions invited for Tallinn’s innovation fund
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Smart city solutions invited for Tallinn’s innovation fund

Economic Development19 May 2022
€100,000 will be invested with the focus primarily on solutions based on green technology and the circular economy but also on educational technologies and data-based decision support tools.
Tallinn to take part in project to mitigate the effect of heat waves
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Tallinn to take part in project to mitigate the effect of heat waves

Climate action08 Apr 2022
Tallinn is participating in an international project aimed at developing a package of measures to adapt to the impact of climate change, focused on the pilot area of Väike-Õismäe.

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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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Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Jonathan Carr-West, Local Government Information Unit

Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit, says tackling climate change is a ...
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Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

Smart Cities Reports
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.

Latest Trend Report

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

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

Trend Series
Download our latest report to uncover how artificial intelligence is being used to support cities in how they plan and operate city services to ensure they are vibrant, sustainable and economically thriving modern spaces.

Latest Webinar

OnDemand Panel Discussion: Digital twins and AI as the intelligent operating layer for cities

OnDemand Panel Discussion: Digital twins and AI as the intelligent operating layer for cities

Webinars
Join us for insights from real-world case studies on the use of digital twins and AI as the present and future of urban management.

Latest Podcast

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

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

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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