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OnDemand Panel Debate: Clearing the air: strategies for enhancing urban air quality

OnDemand Panel Debate: Clearing the air: strategies for enhancing urban air quality

Join the latest SmartCitiesWorld Panel Debate to understand how to improve air quality in urban environments, and hear real-world case studies from leading cities. Watch Here
OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

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

Special Reports

SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026: connecting climate action, resilience and urban innovation

SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026: connecting climate action, resilience and urban innovation

As cities confront the combined pressures of climate change, infrastructure resilience and digital transformation, the SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026 will bring together urban leaders and partners during London Climate Action Week to explore how these agendas intersect – and how cities can translate strategy into practical action.
COP26: 10 guiding principles to be reflected in the final agreement

COP26: 10 guiding principles to be reflected in the final agreement

Ahead of COP26, SmartCitiesWorld has written an open letter to international political leaders consisting of 10 major guiding principles that we believe should be reflected in any final agreement at the conference in Glasgow in November. Here, we break down those principles, addressing the challenges within each and the importance of cities receiving full backing from central governments as they look to a greener future.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Chicago

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Chicago

Chicago is looking to smart city technology to solve issues including poverty, inequality and racial segregation.

Podcasts

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 31 – Resilient Sydney: 33 local governments, one resilience strategy

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 31 – Resilient Sydney: 33 local governments, one resilience strategy

Join us for a journey of collaboration on the Urban Exchange Podcast, where we discover how Resilient Sydney is aligning more than 30 local councils on a single resilience plan.
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

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.

Opinions

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Libelium

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Libelium

Libelium will be demonstrating its cutting-edge IoT solutions designed to monitor and reduce urban pollution based on artificial intelligence and digital twins.
Rebuilding green: Analysing the Biden infrastructure plan

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.

Editor's Blog

Our editor, gives his take on how smart cities are evolving. If you would like to receive these direct to your inbox as part of our weekly newsletter, make sure you sign up as a member (free!).
How two cities are tackling air pollution
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How two cities are tackling air pollution

Editor's Blog26 Jan 2024
Initiatives in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Bristol, UK, demonstrate the commitment of cities to improve air quality and create healthier urban environments.

Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

Smart Cities Reports
Find out how Sunderland is repositioning itself as a leading smart city – using digital infrastructure and low-carbon innovation to build a resilient, future-focused economy in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile.

Latest Trend Report

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

Trend Report: 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

Trend Report Panel Discussion (21 May): Operating smarter: using digital twins and AI to reshape urban infrastructure management

Trend Report Panel Discussion (21 May): Operating smarter: using digital twins and AI to reshape urban infrastructure management

Webinars
Discover how AI-powered digital twins are transforming urban infrastructure and how these innovations can improve efficiency, resilience, and sustainability.

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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Three examples of how cities are boosting sustainability
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Three examples of how cities are boosting sustainability

Editor's Blog01 Dec 2023
How cities are taking proactive steps to address environmental challenges and promote sustainability to build a more resilient and eco-friendly urban future.
Editor's Blog: The future of urban transportation is taking shape, guided by technology, innovation, and strategic partnerships
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Editor's Blog: The future of urban transportation is taking shape, guided by technology, innovation, and strategic partnerships

Editor's Blog08 Sep 2023
In this Editor’s blog, we’re shining a light on two compelling initiatives that offer a glimpse into the future of transport, and the work that will be required to get there, from urging government action to fostering successful collaborations in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).
The convergence of technology and sustainability is driving a paradigm shift in urban transportation.
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The convergence of technology and sustainability is driving a paradigm shift in urban transportation.

Editor's Blog01 Sep 2023
From technology to improve the passenger experience to electric vehicles (EVs) contributing to cleaner streets, cities are at the forefront of a smart and sustainable transport revolution.
Pulling together for climate action
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Pulling together for climate action

Editor's Blog15 Aug 2023
Three examples of cities and organisations around the world that recognise the power of collaboration and engagement to battle the impact of climate change.
Cities look to close the green skills gap
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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.
Moving with the times
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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.
Access all areas
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Access all areas

Editor's Blog09 Jul 2021
Equity is a little word but one that must carry huge weight as cities around the world pledge to build back better.
Plant Power
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Plant Power

Editor's Blog02 Jul 2021
When SmartCitiesWorld was launched five years ago, agriculture and food production weren’t identified as being among the vertical sectors which we would cover. After all, our preoccupation was cities and advanced technology. The focus on resilience and sustainability though, especially in the context of climate change, has meant that to tackle many urban challenges, it is impossible to overlook these areas.
Oil leaks
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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."
Making haste with waste
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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
Bus conductors
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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.
Who lives in a house like this?
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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.
Soft power
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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.
Reality bites
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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.
From tiny acorns
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From tiny acorns

Editor's Blog05 Mar 2021
George Orwell had a point when he once wrote: “The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost and with almost no trouble, and if the tree takes root it will far outlive the visible effect of any of your other actions, good or evil.”
Cities of dreams
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Cities of dreams

Editor's Blog16 Oct 2020
Big topics, big challenges and big questions around the future of cities dominated the discussion at SmartCitiesWorld’s inaugural advisory board meeting – and we look forward to addressing them.
My kinda town
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My kinda town

Editor's Blog02 Aug 2020
Like many US cities, Chicago is facing some tough challenges but it can look to its favourite adopted son as an example of how a single-minded focus can change fortunes for the better. 
Smart cities: Reality check
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Smart cities: Reality check

Editor's Blog17 Apr 2018
There are some big ideas in smart cities, but are we making enough progress on the fundamentals?

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