9 April: This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion 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.
This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion focuses on how to decarbonise the built environment, from municipal buildings to public indoor and outdoor spaces.
Discover innovative concepts to solve urban issues through SusHi Tech Tokyo’s programme focused on leveraging diverse ideas, digital know-how and cutting-edge technologies.
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.
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.
Dr. Tavida Kamolvej, Deputy Governor in Bangkok, joins the Urban Exchange Podcast to discuss the city’s forward-thinking plans for disaster resilience.
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.
Mark-Emil Talivere, innovation expert for the City of Tallinn, on why he’s taking part in this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit, how cities can get ahead, and how his city is showing the way.
Interactive site enables residents to explore how the Australian City and community are working together to protect the local area and tackle climate change.
Discover innovative concepts to solve urban issues through SusHi Tech Tokyo’s programme focused on leveraging diverse ideas, digital know-how and cutting-edge technologies.
Winners of the seventh IDC Government Smart Cities North America Awards span solutions in microclimate modelling and digital twins to quantum computing.
Leading Cities, Australian Red Cross, and QBE Foundation are joining forces to pilot data-driven technology solutions to help tackle humanitarian crises.
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.
Twenty-three cities have been awarded a Mission Label following the submission of their Climate City Contract as part of the EU Cities Mission programme.
Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire roads will be used to trial an artificial intelligence-driven solution to automate decision-making in traffic control rooms.
With more frequent and severe weather events, including heavy rain, extreme heat and drought, the city council said it must invest in adaptation and resilience.
The UK’s Net Zero Investment Taskforce says to retrofit homes we must also try to retrofit a financial system to a purpose for which it was not created.
From accelerating electric vehicle infrastructure to promoting active and shared modes of transport, the Cities Climate Action Summit (26-27 June) strives to unlock sustainable mobility solutions for a cleaner, healthier future.
Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities initiative will support 25 US cities leading the way in reducing emissions and building more prosperous communities.
It focuses on reducing the Canadian city’s risk to climate change-related hazards, while building more resilient communities and supporting the local economy.
Finalists from the UK and the Global South in the annual climate change charity’s awards combine climate ambition and a drive to achieve climate justice.
City residents believe protecting nature and biodiversity should be the second biggest priority behind transport links and expect action on climate change.
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.
CCAS24 offers a unique platform for city leaders, policymakers, and sustainability experts to connect, collaborate, and accelerate progress towards a climate-resilient future.
Reporting and benchmarking will support owners of large buildings in their efforts to improve environmental performance, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Plan aligns with TfL’s 2021 Corporate Environment Plan and sets out how it will improve and care for green infrastructure and biodiversity across its estate.
The push towards greater carbon transparency and enhancing emissions reporting underscores the collective commitment to sustainability in the built environment.
IBM will increase investment in its Sustainability Accelerator by 50 per cent, committing up to $45m in cash and in-kind donations over the next five years.
9 April: This SmartCitiesWorld panel discussion 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.
Mark-Emil Talivere, innovation expert for the City of Tallinn, on why he’s taking part in this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit, how cities can get ahead, and how his city is showing the way.
Investing in jobs and sectors to help combat climate change will also position New Yorkers to benefit from the 400,000 projected green-collar jobs by 2040.
C40 Cities’ Caterina Sarfatti and Emilie Maehara provide their reflections from Cop28, discuss how cities are now core to climate action progress and stress the need for climate financing to come into sharper focus.
The Solar Car Park at Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre in Salisbury will contribute more than 10 per cent of the centre’s overall electricity usage.
More than $17m will fund a range of energy efficiency improvements and clean energy technologies in 30 communities as part of the Investing in America Agenda.
Drought Sim is designed to help better understand why it’s important to protect water supplies and what’s at stake when a water management decision is made.
The team will develop the council’s relationship with the private sector so investment can be attracted for climate initiatives such as local heating networks.
It builds upon completion of the street tree inventory and efforts to inventory trees in parks, providing critical information on Boston’s urban tree canopy.
The Californian Climate Action Business Incubator has attracted six climate action ventures to its Cohort Five with a focus on resilience and adaptation.
The GSMA’s 2024 Mobile Net Zero climate report spotlights regional leaders in cutting carbon emissions since 2019, led by a 50 per cent reduction in Europe.
The 2024 Cities Climate Action Summit will focus on innovative funding mechanisms and strategies to mobilise private finance for urban climate initiatives as one of its central themes.
Like other Masdar City projects, the indoor farm showcases the potential of multi-functional land use, which is particularly important in high-density cities.
The funding from the Environmental Protection Agency will help air agencies invest in more monitoring programmes and technology to address air pollution.
Research demonstrates the need for many nations to seize the opportunity cities offer in achieving decarbonisation targets through multi-level partnerships.
Digital twins and IoT sensors are among the transformative tools which will be discussed at SmartCitiesWorld’s second Cities Climate Action Summit this year.
Emma Howard Boyd CBE, the chair of the London Climate Resilience Review and Race to Resilience Global Ambassador, shares her insights on the urgent need to prepare London and other cities for extreme weather.
The competition aims to transform underutilised urban sites into innovative, zero-carbon and resilient projects delivering environmental and social benefits.
Vienna House will be built with sustainable building components and will use a digital twin to test and optimise components and systems such as passive airflow.
A partners framework will help deliver infrastructure needed to meet the water scarcity challenges ahead, including climate change and a growing population.
Khatia Shamanauri and Fintan Burke explain how local requirements posed serious challenges for one EU-funded district heating project and are emblematic of a wider problem.
Natural Capital Solutions calculated the value the City’s open spaces deliver to the public in areas such as air quality, recreation, health and wellbeing.
The city is working with climate tech firm Blocpower and sustainability alliance Green Umbrella to meet the goals outlined in the 2023 Green Cincinnati Plan.
How Rome and Chicago are fortifying their infrastructure and systems to address environmental challenges and building resilience for today and the future.
The 22 small businesses and nonprofits receive between $75,000 to $250,000 and focus on areas such as renewable energy electric vehicles and green stormwater.
From the SmartCitiesWorld Dallas City Profile, get a better understanding of the city’s plans to achieve net zero and decarbonise the built environment.
NOAA is making high-resolution land cover data available to help build resilience following an $8m funding award from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The delivery of an end-to-end meter-as-a-service solution by Connexin will cover smart water metering requirements across the counties of Essex and Suffolk.
Power Melbourne’s latest pilot stage will see three battery energy storage systems installed to release energy back into the grid when it’s needed most.
CReDo’s Sarah Hayes tells SmartCitiesWorld how the digital twin project is creating and demonstrating value across sectors, as well as for the environment.
New system will replace existing gas distribution service with an electric heat system, supporting the City’s goal to decarbonise public housing by 2030.
The development project aims to study the extension of existing service tunnel and investigate its utilisation for geothermal heating and waste heat recovery.
Re:Fit programme will save energy and continue progress towards the Welsh capital’s One Planet Cardiff programme, launched to tackle the climate emergency.
The Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, the benchmark site for monitoring the global increase in greenhouse gases, will be the first NOAA net-zero facility.
Green Heat Network funding has been awarded to UK projects harnessing waste heat energy from industry and sewerage and low-carbon heat pump implementations.
Twenty-six more European cities are joining the NetZeroCities Pilot Cities programme and will receive funding and support to help reach net zero goals.