The City Council of Glasgow, Scotland has approved the Glasgow Green Deal – a nine-year action plan designed to transform the city’s economy and address climate and ecological emergencies. In preparation for the Green Deal Read More
C40 Cities and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced twenty city finalists for the 2022 C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards. The awards celebrate pioneering projects, recognise leading mayors, provide an opportunity for engagement between communities, and encourage Read More
Peachtree Corners, GA has partnered with the North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA) to promote the expansion of smart cities across the US through public-private partnerships. “The impetus for creating our smart city and the Curiosity Read More
C40 Cities is partnering with Google to launch the 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy for Cities program. The program will support cities around the world in exploring the concepts of 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE), the acceleration of Read More
The Smart CIties Connect Conference & Expo serves as a great benchmark to note the progress for smart cities across the U.S. (and Canada!) This past September 26-29, government, industry, academic and civic leaders gathered Read More
San Francisco’s Department of the Environment (SF Environment) recently announced the availability of US$2m in community grant funding for projects that support the city’s climate action plan. The city’s plan seeks to achieve net zero Read More
This year’s QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge has chosen its ten finalists. The Challenge is run by the non-profit Leading Cities and QBE Insurance Group, and seeks tech start-ups working in the area of urban resilience. Read More
The city of Austin, Texas, now has The Homeless Encampment Management (HEM) team and a new digital, data-driven encampment tracking tool to streamline and bring greater consistency to how it handles homeless encampments in public spaces. Read More
Lazio – a central Italian administrative region which includes the city of Rome – recently announced that it has already removed more than 10 tons of trash from the region’s rivers with the use of Read More
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has created the Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture and appointed Qiana Mickie as its director. Mickie will oversee the administration’s efforts to support, strengthen, and expand the network Read More
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