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

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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

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.

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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Lord Marvin Rees OBE

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Bristol City Council

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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

Leader

Glasgow City Council

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Mark Wheeler

CIO

Montgomery County

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John Moran

Mayor

Limerick City and County Council

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Matjaž Rakovec

Mayor

City of Kranj

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Erin Mendenhall

Mayor

Salt Lake City

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Julia King

The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS

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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The latest news in resilience on smart city projects and initiatives across the world.

Austin City Council adopts 10-year Rain to River plan

Climate action01 Jun 2026

It responds to Austin’s rapid growth, changing climate, and inequities that leave some neighbourhoods more vulnerable to flooding, erosion, and water pollution.

How Edinburgh is adapting to climate change

How Edinburgh is adapting to climate change

Climate action28 May 2026

The two-year implementation plan, which delivers on the City’s overarching Climate Ready Edinburgh Plan, shows 15 of the actions complete and 83 on track.

Liverpool completes traffic adaptive lighting programme

Liverpool completes traffic adaptive lighting programme

Lighting27 May 2026

The city council worked with Signify on the project, which covers key routes linking the city centre to Everton FC’s Hill Dickinson Stadium on the waterfront.

AI-powered flood warning system goes live in Texas

AI-powered flood warning system goes live in Texas

AI CityXchange22 May 2026

Deployment in Galveston demonstrates a new model for real-time flood intelligence, enabling earlier warnings and faster response through predictive insights.

London mayor invests £4.6m to boost green and blue spaces

London mayor invests £4.6m to boost green and blue spaces 

Climate action22 May 2026

£3.5m awarded to 33 local community projects through second round of Green Roots Fund to improve London’s green and blue spaces, boosting climate resilience. 

London’s largest ultra-rapid EV charging hub gains approval

London’s largest ultra-rapid EV charging hub gains approval

Electric vehicles21 May 2026

The joint venture between Fastned and Places for London will feature 36 ultra-rapid charging bays, powered by renewable energy, as well as a retail space.

Climate-responsive urban planning model takes centre stage at World Urban Forum

Climate-responsive urban planning model takes centre stage at World Urban Forum

Climate action20 May 2026

The C40 Cities and UN-Habitat Urban Planning Accelerator, endorsed by 33 cities, is recognised as a powerful climate action tool at WUF13 in Baku this week.

£58m Water Breakthrough Challenge winners named

£58m Water Breakthrough Challenge winners named

Water20 May 2026

Water-purifying mushrooms, 3D printed infrastructure and AI-enabled microphones to monitor river life are among the winners of the sixth water sector challenge.

Solar streetlights unveiled in North Hollywood

Solar streetlights unveiled in North Hollywood

Lighting18 May 2026

The programme, which harnesses new solar streetlight technology, will help bolster public safety and slash LA’s decade-long backlog of streetlight repairs.

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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 water must lead the smart city conversationSponsored by Bentley Systems

Cecilia Correia, Senior Water Solutions Manager at Bentley Systems explains how strategy, policy and technology must ...

Connected video and sensors for greener urban livingSponsored by Axis Communications

Intelligent video sensors and AI are altering how cities manage sustainability. Andrea Sorri and Johnny Lee at Axis ...

Engineering healthier cities through smart technology

Dennis Dokter, Smart Cities Lead at Nexus, explores how technologies like digital twins can translate into tangible ...

Assessing and mitigating risk in smart city developmentsSponsored article

Mark Whyte, partner for security and resilience consulting for EMEA at Control Risks, explains how to reduce risk in ...

Ethical AI, geospatial data and the future of digital transformation

Manish Jethwa, chief technology officer at Ordnance Survey (OS), looks at how AI will impact the world of geospatial ...

Harnessing location intelligence for global resilience and sustainable investments

Donna Lyndsay, strategic market lead for sustainability at Ordnance Survey (OS), looks at the role location ...

Power play: The race to decarbonisation

With today’s power plants needing to dynamically balance complex energy inputs with fluctuating demands, operators must ...

The EV boom is here, and mayors are taking the wheel

Mayor of Madison and and Chair Emerita of Climate Mayors, Satya Rhodes-Conway, says the time is now to leverage ...

The three key pillars of digital urban transformationSponsored by Dell

Manminder Takhar, Global CTO, Global Digital Cities, Dell Technologies, explores how cities are embracing digital ...

How digital twins are transforming city sustainability initiativesSponsored by Hexagon

Hexagon’s Dr Uwe Jasnoch highlights cities around the world that are making digital twins a key strand of their climate ...

The future of city infrastructure

The IEEE’s Paul Kostek says the rise of natural disasters and extreme weather calls for a far more resilient ...

Why satellite data is key to smarter, sustainable citiesSponsored article

Satellite imagery can act as “a time machine” for cities battling climate change, says Gaetano Volpe of Latitudo 40, ...

Why levelling up will fail without embedding climate action

With climate and nature recovery not built into the UK government’s levelling up bill, Nigel Riglar, past president of ...

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Trend Report: The impact of AI and data on transportation operations and services

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Delve into how cities are addressing the challenges of building intelligent transport systems and using AI and data to transform operations and user experience.

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Cities Thriving on Lighting, Episode 3 – What global cities are learning from smart lighting

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Join the final episode of Cities Thriving on Lighting to discover how global cities are approaching smart lighting and the related cybersecurity risks today.

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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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