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

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

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 30 – Norfolk: building coastal resilience before the storm

Blending green and grey infrastructure with innovative solutions like 3D printed reefs, discover how the City of Norfolk is tackling its coastal challenges head on.

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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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Julie Foley OBE

Director of Flood Risk Strategy & Adaptation

Environment Agency

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Sherelle Fairweather

Digital Strategy Lead

Manchester’s Digital Strategy

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Jaromir Beranek

Deputy Mayor for Transport

City of Prague

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Liz St Louis

Smart City Director

Sunderland City Council

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Cllr Susan Aitken

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Mark Wheeler

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Montgomery County

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John Moran

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Salt Lake City

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Julia King

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House of Lords

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How air quality and weather data help cities boost resilienceSponsored by Vaisala

30 cities say their greenhouse gas emissions have peaked

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Why lighting must be treated as core infrastructure

Why lighting must be treated as core infrastructure

Lighting15 May 2026

Foundation calls for public lighting to be treated as essential, core infrastructure to address climate change, improve safety and foster economic growth.

Tallinn testbed invites solutions focused on sustainability

Tallinn testbed invites solutions focused on sustainability

Resilience28 Apr 2026

The Tallinnovation innovation competition’s focus is on solutions that help strengthen the Estonian city’s resilience, security and crisis preparedness.

Cities call for accelerated transition away from fossil fuels

Cities call for accelerated transition away from fossil fuels

Climate action27 Apr 2026

C40 cities highlight renewables as the most effective path to securing affordable, reliable power at First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels.

BT announces sovereign services portfolio for UK

BT announces sovereign services portfolio for UK

AI CityXchange27 Apr 2026

The company will provide public and private sector organisations with a full suite of end-to-end services combining sovereign connectivity, voice, cloud and AI.

Santa Monica boosts Big Blue Bus fleet with $56m investment

Santa Monica boosts Big Blue Bus fleet with $56m investment

Climate action14 Apr 2026

Project supports local job creation through construction and electrical work, while advancing workforce training in clean energy and zero-emission vehicle tech.

San José to become the most “power-ready” city in California

San José to become the most “power-ready” city in California

Smart grids26 Mar 2026

It follows approval of an agreement with LS Power to strengthen grid reliability and support growth as well as help sustain the city as a centre for innovation.

Corporate water stewardship standard upgrade announced

Corporate water stewardship standard upgrade announced

Water18 Mar 2026

Version 3.0 of the International Water Stewardship Standard gives companies a strengthened framework to manage growing water risks and disclosure demands.

EIB invests €30m in the City of Thessaloniki

EIB invests €30m in the City of Thessaloniki

Climate action23 Feb 2026

The direct financing operation supports implementation of the city’s 2025-2030 investment programme within the framework of its Climate Neutrality Plan 2030.

Boston continues to build climate-ready workforce

Boston continues to build climate-ready workforce

People and skills20 Feb 2026

PowerCorps connects residents with hands-on jobs training and expands career pathways, strengthening neighbourhoods and building a climate-ready workforce.

Microsoft pledges community-first AI infrastructure approach

Microsoft pledges community-first AI infrastructure approach

AI and Machine Learning16 Jan 2026

Community-First AI Infrastructure is a five-point commitment to ensure it is “a good neighbour” in the communities in which it builds and operates data centres.

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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.

Solar city goes live

Trina Solar’s PV modules have begun operations in the 10MW Sustainable City in Dubai, which aims to use only clean energy sources

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.

Never fear, Watson is here!

Currently, the average data breach takes organisations an average of 201 days to identify and an average of 70 days to contain

Swedish city on path to smart

Energy company Mälarenergi is working with ABB to develop smart city solutions for the city of Västerås

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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.

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