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OnDemand COP30 Webinar: Unlocking climate finance: building city capacity and partnerships

OnDemand COP30 Webinar: Unlocking climate finance: building city capacity and partnerships

Discover how cities can expand their fiscal and institutional capacity to attract and manage climate finance. This session explores the role of digital tools for tracking and reporting, data platforms for transparency, and innovative approaches that allow cities to unlock new sources of investment.
Kyoto: the Japanese start-up community powering the future of smart cities (Part 2)

Kyoto: the Japanese start-up community powering the future of smart cities (Part 2)

This webinar explores Keihanna Science City - one of the most successful start-up hubs, hosting more than 150 research facilities and incubating fledging companies

Special Reports

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

Smart City Expo: think digital, think green, think inclusion

The first day of the online event confirmed that the smart cities sector is well aware of its destination but it’s how it gets there that will be the problem.

Smart Cities Reports

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 9 - Susan Aitken, Glasgow City Leader - Progress at COP27 and climate finance

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 9 - Susan Aitken, Glasgow City Leader - Progress at COP27 and climate finance

Preview: The latest episode of the Urban Exchange Podcast sees Lauren Sorkin, Resilient Cities Network, chat with Susan Aitken, Glasgow City Leader to talk COP27 and climate finance.
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 8 - Making cities green, resilient and inclusive in a changing climate

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 8 - Making cities green, resilient and inclusive in a changing climate

Preview: The latest episode of the Urban Exchange brings together the principal authors of the World Bank’s latest extensive report on urban climate to discuss the 10 key findings.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

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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.

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Citizens are at the heart of every city and leaders need to focus on the likes of security, engagement, inclusivity, health and social care, the economy and resilience in their policymaking.  We cover the latest smart city news in this area.

Five projects selected to support inclusive mobility in Medellín
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Five projects selected to support inclusive mobility in Medellín

Inclusivity18 Feb 2026by SmartCitiesWorld news team
Initiative aims to improve mobility for people with reduced mobility in the districts which have the highest number of residents with physical disabilities.
Cop30: Brazil launches first climate adaptation plan for health
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Health and social care14 Nov 2025

Cop30: Brazil launches first climate adaptation plan for health

It aims to enhance the health sector’s resilience to climate change via surveillance systems, capacity building, innovation, and evidence-based policymaking.
Cop30 Local Leaders Forum delivers outcome statement
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Climate action10 Nov 2025

Cop30 Local Leaders Forum delivers outcome statement

The statement is the final outcome from the Local Leaders Forum in Rio and calls on national governments to strengthen partnerships with cities and regions.
Dubai earns UN SDG Cities Gold Certification
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Sustainable development goals30 Oct 2025

Dubai earns UN SDG Cities Gold Certification

It is awarded to cities demonstrating a commitment to achieving the UN SDGs through integrated policies across economic, social and environmental dimensions.
World Cities Day to focus on people-centred smart cities
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World Cities Day to focus on people-centred smart cities

The Global Observance of World Cities Day on 31 October will take place in Bogotá, Colombia, while Shanghai will host the 2025 SDG Cities Global Conference.
Shanghai and LA green corridor project reaches milestone
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Logistics22 Oct 2025

Shanghai and LA green corridor project reaches milestone

Phase one achievements of the green corridor project include expansion of shore power infrastructure to meet 100 per cent electrification serving container vessels.
City of Helsinki joins energy efficiency agreement
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Batteries and renewables10 Oct 2025

City of Helsinki joins energy efficiency agreement

The Energy Efficiency Agreement for the Public Sector is a 10-year voluntary agreement that guides municipalities in improving their energy efficiency
European Green Capital for 2027 winner announced
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European Green Capital for 2027 winner announced

A total of 20 cities from 11 European countries competed for the awards, judged by an international panel of seven independent urban sustainability experts.
Cop30 Presidency launches inclusive climate action platform
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Climate action02 Oct 2025

Cop30 Presidency launches inclusive climate action platform

Maloca is a multiverse platform that seeks to remove barriers of geography and resources and make participation in the climate conference available to anyone.
New partnership trials eDNA to measure biodiversity net gain
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Sustainable development goals08 Sep 2025

New partnership trials eDNA to measure biodiversity net gain

Pilot explores environmental DNA as a faster, more accurate way to meet biodiversity net gain rules, starting with railway sites.

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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.

Huawei seals smart city deal with Barcelona

They will collaborate on projects relating to 5G, smart city applications and digital transformation.

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

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.

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.

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From smog to solutions: The case for cleaner air in our cities

Mete Coban, deputy mayor of London for energy and environment, and Jane Burston, CEO of the Clean Air Fund, discuss the ...
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OnDemand COP30 Webinar: Unlocking climate finance: building city capacity and partnerships
Webinars

OnDemand COP30 Webinar: Unlocking climate finance: building city capacity and partnerships

Discover how cities can expand their fiscal and institutional capacity to attract and manage climate finance. This session explores the role of digital tools for tracking and reporting, data platforms for transparency, and innovative approaches that allow cities to unlock new sources of investment.
Kyoto: the Japanese start-up community powering the future of smart cities (Part 2)
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Kyoto: the Japanese start-up community powering the future of smart cities (Part 2)

This webinar explores Keihanna Science City - one of the most successful start-up hubs, hosting more than 150 research facilities and incubating fledging companies
OnDemand Webinar: Kyoto: the Japanese start-up community powering the future of smart cities
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OnDemand Webinar: Kyoto: the Japanese start-up community powering the future of smart cities

This webinar explores Keihanna Science City - one of the most successful start-up hubs, hosting more than 150 research facilities and incubating fledging companies
OnDemand WEBINAR: How Peachtree Corners empowers smart city innovators to test, explore and prove new technologies
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OnDemand WEBINAR: How Peachtree Corners empowers smart city innovators to test, explore and prove new technologies

Find out how to Curiosity Lab in Peachtree Corners (USA) is fostering smart city and autonomous mobility innovation.
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