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Half of the respondents listed climate change as one of their top policy priorities, compared to just five per cent last year.

The Big Apple leapfrogged last year’s leaders, Tokyo, London and San Francisco.

The index by the Oliver Wyman Forum ranks 30 cities on how prepared they are to incorporate the latest mobility technologies and what they are doing to reshape urban mobility.

Initiatives up for awards include the use of data to tackle the opioid crisis and homelessness, an open-data-powered Alexa service and an earthquake warning app.

Hyperconnected leaders include Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, London, Melbourne, Copenhagen and Dublin.

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