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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

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: going green in the built environment

The SmartCitiesWorld Summit, which takes place 26-27 June, will act as a call to action for cities to make the transformation of the built environment a central part of their climate action strategies.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – San Diego

In this edition, we focus on San Diego. San Diego is known as “America’s finest city”, and now it’s looking to be one of the smartest ones, too.

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The Urban Exchange welcomes Miami-Dade County’s Galen Treuer and Howden’s Peter Adams to explore the challenges facing residents and insurers in the face of climate events.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 18 - Dr. Tavida Kamolvej, City of Bangkok - Holistic disaster resilience

Dr. Tavida Kamolvej, Deputy Governor in Bangkok, joins the Urban Exchange Podcast to discuss the city’s forward-thinking plans for disaster resilience.

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Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Lauren Sorkin, Resilient Cities Network

Lauren Sorkin, executive director of Resilient Cities Network, explains the importance of equity in resilience and why R-Cities is partnering the Cities Climate Action Summit again this year.

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.

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How cities are using public wifi to tackle digital divides

How cities are using public wifi to tackle digital divides

Editor's Blog12 Jan 2024

We shine the spotlight on two major cities, Baltimore and London, who are taking steps to enhance connectivity for residents and eliminate digital disparities.

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Discover how the City of Dallas is pushing ahead with its smart city efforts with the latest new-look City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld.

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Air Quality Trend Report 2024

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We assess the current trends in air quality monitoring and improvement, identifying projects, policies and technologies that are aiding cities in creating more liveable and breathable urban environments.

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OnDemand Panel Debate: Paving the way towards sustainability with proactive strategies & intelligent transport system

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This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion is now available OnDemand and brings cities together for bilateral learnings on the challenges and potential solutions to sustainability by utilising intelligent transport systems (ITS). The CSO of the City of Vilnius - European Green Capital 2025 are among the speakers.

Latest Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast

The Urban Exchange welcomes Miami-Dade County’s Galen Treuer and Howden’s Peter Adams to explore the challenges facing residents and insurers in the face of climate events.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast

The Urban Exchange welcomes Miami-Dade County’s Galen Treuer and Howden’s Peter Adams to explore the challenges facing residents and insurers in the face of climate events.

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How cities are achieving sustainability gains

How cities are achieving sustainability gains

Editor's Blog30 Oct 2023

Three examples that underscore the commitment to sustainability in cities, from Canberra’s circular economy to NYC’s plan for electrifying its municipal fleet.

Three ecosystems helping to build smarter cities and regions

Three ecosystems helping to build smarter cities and regions

Editor's Blog13 Oct 2023

We highlight three examples that show how ecosystems and collaborative networks can help cities and organisations reach their smart city goals more quickly.

Cities on the urban climate action frontline

Cities on the urban climate action frontline

Editor's Blog22 Sep 2023

From green bonds to e-bus fleets, cities are putting together strategies in a number of different sectors to tackle climate change. Here are three examples.

Building the intelligent, autonomous future today

Building the intelligent, autonomous future today

Editor's Blog07 Aug 2023

We highlight three examples of collaborative working in the smart city space that show how cities and organisations can use technology to bring positive change

Implementing innovative solutions to enhance, and expand urban mobility networks

Implementing innovative solutions to enhance, and expand urban mobility networks

Editor's Blog21 Jul 2023

We highlight three stories that exemplify this ongoing transition, showcasing how cities are implementing innovative solutions to enhance, and expand, their urban mobility networks.

New urban climate action plans and targets emerge

New urban climate action plans and targets emerge

Editor's Blog29 Apr 2022

With cities on the frontline of climate change, it is vital that we continue to see new initiatives, strategies and policies forming globally to combat pollution and heat, and become more resilient and sustainable over time.

Cities look to close the green skills gap

Cities look to close the green skills gap

Editor's Blog14 Apr 2022

There is another side to smart city projects and initiatives that cities and authorities must prepare: ensuring that they have a workforce with the right skillset to meet the challenges that climate change is bringing to cities.

New initiatives emerge to bolster urban resilience

New initiatives emerge to bolster urban resilience

Editor's Blog08 Apr 2022

Efforts by cities like Tallinn demonstrate how important building resilience against climate and environmental change is and how determined cities are to confront it.

The technologies that are shaping smart cities around the world

The technologies that are shaping smart cities around the world

Editor's Blog18 Mar 2022

Artificial intelligence, LoRaWan and blockchain are among the technologies coming into their own and empowering authorities to increase efficiencies and improve quality of life for citizens.

What cities can learn a year on from the Beirut explosion

What cities can learn a year on from the Beirut explosion

Editor's Blog06 Aug 2021

The anniversary of the Beirut blast acts as a reminder to authorities of their responsibilities to citizens.

Moving with the times

Editor's Blog16 Jul 2021

Members and regular visitors to our site won’t need to be told that SmartCitiesWorld has undergone a major redesign. Much like the cities and the technology featured on the site, we recognise that we ourselves must also evolve and react to changing times.

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.

(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.

Levelling up

Editor's Blog07 Aug 2020

Smart cities need great ideas and great technology behind them but they also need great people, which is why SmartCitiesWorld is launching a new People & Skills section.

Holistic approaches necessary to counter lockdown fatigue

Holistic approaches necessary to counter lockdown fatigue

Editor's Blog04 Jun 2020

Societies must be rebuilt in a way that safeguards our health and our economy and networks and knowledge sharing will be essential in building in robust structures to defend against future shocks.

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