A pioneering initiative between Georgia Power, the City of Atlanta and a cohort of partners is showing what’s next in smart cities and demonstrating the power of public-private partnerships.
This episode of Urban Exchange brings experts together from India and the US to talk about the Urban Ocean programme, and how to tackle the scourge of plastic waste in urban waterways.
Smart city projects must move away from the standard applications that many focus on and make a "technological leap", says Paul Moorby, CEO and founder of Chipside, a specialist software development company providing products and services to local and regional government traffic authorities in the UK.
The Lasnamäe Circular Economy Centre aims to bring environmentally friendly solutions closer to residents and help embed the use of them in everyday life.
The fund aims to change the systems and built environment conditions that affect environmental justice and increase community resilience to climate change.
The solution enables efficient management of the entire lifecycle of reusable containers, cups, and bags, from dispensing to return, washing and reintroduction.
First cohort of cities and states will receive support from C40 Cities and the Global Covenant of Mayors to deliver implementation-ready climate initiatives by 2027.
Projects include repairing infrastructure to unlock housing, building early warning systems to mitigate weather emergencies, and turning waste into school meals.
Projects include an autonomous electric car charging robot and a bike tracker device that collects data on vehicle speeds, road conditions and user behaviour.
Latest research from Berg Insight finds cities want digital solutions that deliver tangible outcomes, marking a shift away from tech-led experimentation.
C40 Cities and Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean are joining forces to unlock climate finance and fast-track city-led adaptation projects.
Project will see the installation of a one-megawatt solar system paired with a battery to power electric bin lorries and other council vehicles in the UK city.
Thirteen engineering innovators receive £3m each to develop solutions that tackle multiple causes of the climate crisis, and mitigate and adapt to its impacts.
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.
Report looks at overall trends of UK councils’ climate action giving comprehensive oversight of where progress has been made and where action is still lacking.
Data from C40 Cities reveals that 21 million good green jobs exist in the 81 cities assessed, confirming city-led climate action contributes to economic opportunities.
Sewage-to-water heat pumps at False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility supply heating to 47 buildings – and over 10,000 residents – plus other locations.
Residents are invited to share their vision for Climate Forward SLC, which aims to identify key priorities to help the City reach 2040 community climate goals.
Analysis in a new report from the nonprofit Leading Cities and the Afkar Collective consultancy argue how we handle waste is “first-order resilience issue”.
Its bin surrounds and deposit return programme allows consumers to leave their plastic bottles and cans for others to take and return to claim a deposit.
The New Zealand city’s largest transfer station in Henderson is shifting its focus to primarily become a centre for recovering resources from waste for reuse.
Helsinki has identified the circular economy as a key means of achieving carbon neutrality goals and wants to ensure natural resources are used sustainably.
Run by The Republic of Park Royal, the hub on Minerva Road will be used by local enterprises, including Re-collective, Absolute Beginners, and Rescued Clay.
Company will work with Redwood Materials as its recycling partner for the cities in which it is operational across the US, Germany and the Netherlands.
The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience celebrates Earth Month with a series of initiatives to address the City of Atlanta’s climate challenges.
The Estonian capital has officially submitted its application to become a Zero Waste Candidate City with the Mission Zero Academy Certification programme.
Centre supports the city’s goal of creating a more environmentally conscious living environment and gives residents convenient options to change daily habits.
Initiative to award at least $300,000 to early-to-growth stage companies focused on enhancing waste diversion and driving resident education and engagement.
The fifth cycle of the WRI Ross Centre Prize for Cities recognises transformative global projects that strengthen liveability and nature in urban places.
The Estonian capital has opened the Lilleküla circular economy centre providing the opportunity to dispose of waste separately and to repair and reuse items.
The Royal Academy of Engineering launches a £150m fellowship to fund 50 innovative projects tackling climate change, offering financial and non-financial support.
Under President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA offers grant assistance at no cost for communities to upgrade stormwater and sewer infrastructure.
The NREL will advise the CDA airport authority on environmentally sustainable initiatives for new passenger facilities planned through its O’Hare 21 project.
An automated, side-loading garbage truck and a new data-driven containerisation strategy mark the latest phase of New York City mayor Eric Adams’ war on trash.
The City of Enid public-private collaboration is the first municipally owned landfill in Oklahoma state to produce pipeline-quality renewable natural gas.
Green Heat Network funding has been awarded to UK projects harnessing waste heat energy from industry and sewerage and low-carbon heat pump implementations.
Leading Cities is inviting municipalities and private companies to apply for the pilot offerings designed to tackle distinct urban development challenges.
The Torry Heat Network can supply up to 800 homes and a school and community hub with low-cost energy with heat supplied by an energy from waste plant.
Winning teams from Hexaware Technologies, Persistent, and the University of Sydney develop AI-powered solutions to help overcome sustainability challenges.
Initiatives announced on the Cop28 Multilevel Action, Urbanisation, Built Environment and Transport Day included tools to measure methane emissions and benefits of 15-minute cities.
The city will pilot 3D print technology from Automedi, the 2022 QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge winner, to help reduce and transform plastic waste.
The new legislation will extend powers to ban other problematic, non-plastic products, following the ACT Government’s phase-out of certain single-use plastics.
Smart city projects from Argentina, South Korea and Finland have been chosen for the Test in Tallinn programme, which provides an urban testing environment.
Carbon IQ provides detailed measurement and insights on the carbon impact of connected devices, including refurbished devices, throughout their lifecycle.
This pioneering collaborative project sees the waste plastics enter the circular economy rather than being sent to the energy-from-waste plant in the UK city.
City and County of Denver’s entire fleet of more than 150 solid waste and recycling vehicles will make use of the technology to enhance residential services.
The agreement will put Rubicon’s smart city software at the heart of Atlanta’s Department of Public Works and will help its operations become fully digital.
Dr Chen-yu Lee, director of Taipei Smart City Project Management Office, explains why climate action can’t exist in a silo and must cut across all city services.
Battery-powered WasteShark can navigate up to 5km of water and collect up to 500kg of plastic and waste per day, without producing any noise or light pollution.
The company is helping the cities transition from manual processes to digital operations and balance waste and recycling routes to provide an equitable service.
Spanish city of Hernani’s waste-reducing initiatives have earned it accreditation from Zero Waste Europe and Mission Zero Academy’s certification programme.
Taoping’s solution was selected to help alleviate costly daily cleaning, while providing an attractive, much needed rest station for park patrons to use.
The new urban tech programme is an expansion of the platform that works to support transformative climate technology to solve cities’ toughest challenges.
Solution automatically detects changes in paved surfaces that affect drainage, enabling Cologne’s wastewater authority to calculate taxes more efficiently.
The annual Call for Code challenge invited innovators across the globe to help accelerate sustainability and combat climate change with open source-powered technology.
The global artificial intelligence of things specialist and Germany’s largest full-service provider will implement smart city applications across the country.
The cities have committed to Zero Waste Cities Certification, a European third-party assessed certification standard, developed by the Mission Zero Academy NGO.
The migrants and refugees’ award provides direct financial and technical support to six African cities addressing the needs of migrants and displaced people.
Guide addresses core issues by showing where actions can be taken across the value chains of five sectors that are closely interlinked with a city’s ecosystem.
