Smart Cities News

Overarching strategies, funding approaches and business models all need to be adjusted if cities are to see a genuine return on their investment in smart city tech, says Itai Dadon, global head of smart cities at Itron.

Hitachi envisions AI-enabled robots transforming passenger experience.

The first European cities to gain access are Dublin, Birmingham and Manchester, with Wolverhampton and Coventry to follow soon.

Mayors from around the world are committing to help transfer global resources away from fossil fuels "into action" that averts the climate emergency.

Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm have pledged to reduce emissions from construction as new research is released.

Austin, Athens, Lisbon and Venice are the latest major cities to have ‘peaked’ their greenhouse gas emissions, meaning they won’t rise any further and are now falling.

A new ranking focuses on how citizens perceive the priorities and effectiveness of smart city initiatives.

At the conclusion of the UN Climate Action Summit, chair of C40 and mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, urged all nation states to step up and commit to science-based targets.

Mayors voice their support and public say climate crisis is the most important issue, ahead of migration, terrorism and the economy.

Austrian capital retains its position in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s index which assigns cities a rating of relative comfort for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors.