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.

OnDemand Trend Report Panel Discussion: AI for resilient infrastructure – sustainable operations for future-ready cities

Delve into how artificial intelligence is reshaping urban infrastructure to meet the rising pressures of climate change, ageing systems, and rapid urban growth.

Special Reports

A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

Discover how this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit puts the spotlight on the switch to clean and renewable energy, and the importance of energy-efficiency.

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024: experience ‘Tokyo 2050’ todaySponsored by The SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Showcase Program Executive Committee

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.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

Find out how Dublin is innovating to improve experiences and services for its communities in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile, including digital twin projects, traffic reduction, and economic growth.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

Podcasts

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 31 – Resilient Sydney: 33 local governments, one resilience strategy

Join us for a journey of collaboration on the Urban Exchange Podcast, where we discover how Resilient Sydney is aligning more than 30 local council on a single resilience plan.

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.

Opinions

Building smarter cities: scaling sustainability and efficiency with smart city platformsSponsored by ST Engineering

ST Engineering’s Richard Ng explains how integrated smart city platforms can support cities in becoming more sustainable and efficient at the scale that is right for them.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite data has to play in helping cities tackle the challenges of climate change.

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Tool assists emergency services with EV shift

Electric vehicles06 Nov 2025

Developed with input from emergency services workers, the Blue Light tool will bring together information on each site’s future energy needs in one place.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 11 – Gareth Morgan, Cape Town – Mainstreaming and institutionalising urban resilience

Urban Exchange Podcast08 Jun 2023

Gareth Morgan, executive director of future planning and resilience for the City of Cape Town, joins the Urban Exchange to talk about his efforts to put resilience front and centre of all aspects of the city’s work.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

Smart Cities Reports10 Oct 2022

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Las Vegas

Smart Cities Reports29 Nov 2021

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Las Vegas with its unprecedented growth, urban development, and leaps of imagination.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seattle

Smart Cities Reports25 Aug 2021

We explore Seattle’s journey to becoming a data-driven city and how it plans to continue to develop its smart city strengths

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – London

Smart Cities Reports19 Mar 2021

The long term-impact of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union and the country’s poor performance in the Covid-19 pandemic, are among the complex set of challenges it faces if London is to remain one of the world’s most influential and enviable cities.

How Europe’s cities can lead the climate transition

Special Reports05 Dec 2025

Policymakers and city leaders must act to unlock vital sources of private capital and cities must engage investors at a much earlier stage, says Delphine Queniart of Bankers Without Boundaries.

Renewable heat project funding boost for England

Climate action05 Dec 2025

Projects will enable public and private sector bodies to harness waste heat from sources such as rivers, data centres and sewage works to strengthen resilience.

How micromobility is changing European cities

Micromobility05 Dec 2025

Preliminary report findings reveal how smarter rules in Hannover and visitor-led cycling in Seville are reshaping how Europeans move through their cities.

Off-grid fleet charging hub installed in East Boston

Electric vehicles04 Dec 2025

Located at Zipcar’s maintenance facility in East Boston, an Environmental Justice community, this project delivers scalable, equitable EV infrastructure.

Why the tech sector must put nature at heart of operations

Climate action04 Dec 2025

The tech sector could unlock $800bn in value by 2030 if tech companies reduce their negative impacts on natural systems and dependencies on natural resources.

Latest cities announced for EU peer learning programme

Climate action04 Dec 2025

The ‘Twin cities’ will work together on local climate action as part of the Twinning Learning Programme, a peer-learning initiative of the EU Cities Mission.

How Canberra aims to build its future today

Economic Development04 Dec 2025

ACT’s Strategic Economic Development Framework is designed to ensure Canberra remains a place where people can live well, work flexibly, and stay connected.

National Grid utilises AI to combat rising wildfire risk

AI and Machine Learning03 Dec 2025

National Grid will deploy advanced AI technology that identifies and prevents wildfire risks across its electric transmission and distribution networks.

UK launches marketplace for biodiversity net gain units

Climate action03 Dec 2025

Greenshank Environmental’s platform enables developers to browse credits, view pricing and unit types, and purchase verified BNG and nutrient credits online.

Tallinn launches smart recycling app

Smart waste03 Dec 2025

The AI-based RecycleMore mobile app allows the user to take a photo of an item, identify the material, and receive instructions on how to properly sort waste.

Ferry operator advances zero-emission services

Sea travel02 Dec 2025

Prop Worldwide is partnering with Artemis Technologies to scale operations in waterway dependent communities that are often overlooked by larger ferry routes.

Nairobi launches air quality action plan and portal

Air quality01 Dec 2025

For the first time, city leaders and residents in the Kenyan city will have access to hyper-local data about pollution levels in the places they live and work.

London housing delivery threatened by data centre power surge, warns Assembly report

Data management & software01 Dec 2025

A new London Assembly report warns that surging electricity demand from data centres in West London is squeezing grid capacity and delaying housing delivery.

West Midlands launches major nature recovery strategy

Parks and green space27 Nov 2025

The Local Nature Recovery Strategy outlines 62 actions to restore habitats, improve rivers and canals, expand urban green space and strengthen resilience.

Cities urge stronger multilevel climate governance after COP30 outcomes

Cop Conference26 Nov 2025

Local and regional governments are calling for deeper national collaboration and clearer funding pathways following on from the COP30 negotiations in Belém.

New £25m Water Efficiency Lab launches to cut consumption across England and Wales

Water26 Nov 2025

Water Efficiency Lab is opening a £5 million first-year funding round to support innovations that give clearer water-use insights and help drive down demand.

Dallas expands EV charging with seven more Beam systems

Electric vehicles25 Nov 2025

The systems, which generate and store their own clean electricity, will be used to charge the City’s growing fleet of EVs, including electric pickup trucks.

Toronto opens first City-run net-zero building

Climate action25 Nov 2025

The building, a childcare centre, demonstrates the city’s leadership in climate action and supports its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2040.

Which European cities are top for smart tourism?

News25 Nov 2025

Winners’ achievements demonstrate the EC’s vision for a smarter, greener and more inclusive tourism sector, setting a benchmark for other destinations.

Chicago nears tree-planting target with 90 per cent achieved

Parks and green space24 Nov 2025

Our Roots Chicago is a community-driven initiative to expand tree planting in the city, with a focus on underserved neighbourhoods with low tree canopy cover.

Bristol City Council hits climate investment target early

Climate action24 Nov 2025

The programme gave people, communities and businesses of Bristol an opportunity to invest in climate related projects, helping the city’s green transition.

City of Chandler strengthens energy security with solar

Solar power21 Nov 2025

The Arizona city is working with Ameresco to generate 14.5 million kWh annually, reduce utility costs, as well as enhance long-term energy independence.

Cop30: local climate action is an “indispensable force”

Climate action21 Nov 2025

A new assessment from GCoM and C40 Cities reveals strong and accelerating growth in local climate implementation across Champ-endorsing countries.

Sacramento incentivises residents to use EVs car share

Electric vehicles20 Nov 2025

Through a partnership with Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District’s programme, income-qualified residents receive $100 in Zipcar credits.

Cardiff heat network delivers first low-carbon heat to customer

Climate action20 Nov 2025

First city-scale heat network in Wales is delivering heat to Cardiff and Vale College with other major buildings in Cardiff Bay to follow, including the Senedd.

Smart lighting: enabling smart cities beyond illuminationSponsored by Paradox Engineering

Opinions20 Nov 2025

Carlo Bernocco, Head of Business and Customer Success at Paradox Engineering, explores how smart lighting is evolving from energy-saving infrastructure to a multifunctional platform at the heart of urban innovation.

Detroit breaks ground on solar neighbourhoods

Solar power19 Nov 2025

Ten neighbourhoods vied for the opportunity to transform blighted vacant land into landscaped solar arrays with the first to be activated in mid-2026.

South of France launches smart water network

Water19 Nov 2025

Developed in partnership with Xylem and the University of Côte d’Azur, the €5.9m project will modernise 3,000km of infrastructure across the Côte d’Azur.

Cop30: ICLEI and KfW extend urban resilience finance programme

Climate action19 Nov 2025

The ProUrbano programme helps cities across Latin America and the Caribbean better understand and transfer climate risks and finance adaptation measures.

QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge winner named

Resilience18 Nov 2025

Leading Cities’ resilience and smart city accelerator attracted entries from more than 820 startups in 71 countries and involved a six-month vetting process.

San Francisco orders six Solaris battery-electric buses

Electric vehicles18 Nov 2025

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency contract includes three 40-foot battery-electric buses and three 60-foot articulated battery-electric buses.

Cop30: ICLEI partners to scale up municipal climate investments

Climate action18 Nov 2025

Memorandum with Banco do Nordeste broadens technical assistance, maps environmental project opportunities, and advances low-carbon urban development strategies.

How Greater Manchester is powering schools by solar

Solar power17 Nov 2025

Five schools will save around £40,000 annually between them on energy bills and reduce the amount of carbon released into the air by about 40 tonnes each year.

Cop30: mayors raise the ambition to phase out fossil fuels

Climate action17 Nov 2025

The C40 Cities network is urging national governments to increase collaboration with local and regional governments to end dependence on fossil fuels

AI addresses grid constraint blocking EV fleet deployment

Electric vehicles14 Nov 2025

Platform combines real-world intelligence and a comprehensive global EV database to create optimised charging infrastructure plans for fleet owners and operators.

Cop30: Brazil launches first climate adaptation plan for health

Health and social care14 Nov 2025

It aims to enhance the health sector’s resilience to climate change via surveillance systems, capacity building, innovation, and evidence-based policymaking.

UK council upgrades school crossings with smart city platform

Road travel14 Nov 2025

Bolton Council is using Lucy Zodion’s smart city platform Ki to manage school crossing beacons remotely to improve safety and reduce manual maintenance.

Saudi Arabia to launch AI Innovation Centre

AI and Machine Learning13 Nov 2025

Joint venture between AI software company SenseTime and King Saud University will serve as a platform for AI use cases and research across multiple sectors.

Cop30: cities take centre stage

Climate action13 Nov 2025

Cop30 President André Corrêa do Lago highlighted the importance of adaptation and multilevel governance, while a report was launched on the inclusion of cities in new NDCs.

Leading Cities launches five free data-driven pilots

Resilience12 Nov 2025

Municipalities and private entities worldwide are invited to apply for the pilots which are focused on helping communities prepare before crisis strikes.

Glasgow climate plan review reveals community benefits

Climate action12 Nov 2025

Actions across 11 areas include key priorities such as transport, green economy, heating, built environment, energy, waste, biodiversity and carbon removal.

COP30 Webinar: Powering the future: energy innovation for people and planet

On-Demand Webinars12 Nov 2025

This session will examine how cities are creating energy systems that are both innovative and people-centred. It will highlight how digital tools, IoT-enabled efficiency platforms, and AI optimisation are driving progress, alongside community-focused initiatives that ensure inclusivity in the transition. Speakers from City of Toronto and CReDO.

Cop30: initiative launched to help cities beat extreme heat

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