The information gathered will be used to detect pollution hotspots and provide a database of environmental analytics to help protect the health of Miami’s inhabitants.

Orange and Smartkey are unveiling what claims to be the first Blockchain-of-Thing Sim card, designed to enable access control and other smart city functions to be managed on a phone.

PlanetWatch’s Claudio Parrinello says air quality improvement measures must be targeted and designed so they don’t fall on the pockets of those who can least afford them – and hyperlocal data holds...

Projects relate to the deployment of self-driving electric shuttles for the transportation of people, together with electric tow tractors to move goods at airports.

Projects relate to the deployment of self-driving electric shuttles for the transportation of people, together with electric tow tractors to move goods at airports.

The project is commencing in the cities of Palos Hills and Justice, gradually adding infrastructure with a target roll-out of approximately 2,000 smart poles by the second half of 2022.

Global payments and identity platform aims to help India move to cashless society

Rubicon, whose solutions are used by more than 50 cities in the US, has made its smart city technology products available on the Geotab Marketplace.

The MyBit P2P platform initially aims to accelerate the adoption of decentralised microgrids among the masses

The founding members of Micro-Mobility for Europe want to shed light on the debate around shared e-scooter safety by providing data in a transparent manner.

Arlington County and eleven-x will roll out the smart parking solution for what it claims is one of the largest municipal installations in North America.

The new Cities Coalition for Digital Rights marks the first time that cities have come together to protect digital rights on a global level.

Colorado Smart Cities Alliance is launching an innovation challenge, seeking solutions to address issues such as housing, resilience and civic engagement

The municipalities of El Boalo, Cerceda, Mataelpino in Madrid and Torrelles de Llobregat in Catalonia have become the first zero waste certified cities in Spain

Baltimore Gas and Electric is working with the smart city specialist Itron to connect and manage smart streetlights across the utility’s service territory.

City and County of Denver’s entire fleet of more than 150 solid waste and recycling vehicles is deploying the Rubicon smart city platform to increase efficiency

Urban Tech Helsinki is inviting applications for its incubator in areas such as clean energy, mobility, sustainable urban development and circular economy

A 14-page White Paper on how human-centric design is improving well-being in commercial buildings.

The Ion innovation centre and forthcoming Ion District urban community have joined the Global Network of Innovation Districts, established to provide governments and investors with new insights as...

London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced £4m funding in green infrastructure as part of its urban climate action plan to build a greener more resilient city

What used to be considered next-gen technology like drones, blockchain and digital twins, is already here and helping to transform our cities.

Huawei Middle East's David Shi explains how the shift to a more digital economy across the Middle East has taken root in smart city innovation in the region.

Tallinn Waste Centre, which run by the City of Tallinn, is working with technology company ibiot on a smart waste project using sensors to monitor fill-levels

City of Miami has signed a three-year contract with smart city technology and services provider Rubicon to improve residential waste and recycling services

As London Climate Action Week gets underway, the city’s mayor confirms first steps to powering the tube by renewable energy

News and updates from SmartCitiesWorld Cities Climate Action Summit, a three-day hybrid event that provides a holistic view of how urban climate action can be achieved at scale.

Cities can explore field-proven and pilot-ready solutions from third parties and identify ways they can modernise infrastructure and better serve citizens and customers.

Sydney has created a green oasis in the Green Square neighbourhood featuring a tiered wetland water feature that collects and filters stormwater

The Amazon Web Services Smart City Competency aims to deliver world-class AWS Partner recommendations for customers to build and deploy smart city solutions

Blink Charging has announced an agreement with Citybest to deploy electric vehicle chargers in Latin America and help advance the EV ecosystem in the region

Gianni Minetti, CEO of Paradox Engineering, explains why cities must ensure security is built into their solutions from their very inception not added at a later stage of development.

Climate action projects span solar roof installations on three City properties and deployment of $300,000 of air quality sensor equipment in the Texan city.

Fan Yanjun, senior vice president, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies (Thailand), explains how taking a forward-facing approach to urban development drives new growth opportunities but a...

Siradel’s Urban Climate Resilience toolkit helps cities achieve their climate action goals using digital twin and simulation and visualisation technologies.

Selected cities will be invited to develop Climate City Contracts, which will include an overall plan for climate neutrality across all sectors such as energy, buildings, waste management and...

The Project CAVForth pilot will see five autonomous single deck buses operating at SAE Level 4 over the Forth Road Bridge between Ferrytoll Park and Ride in Fife and the Edinburgh Park train and tram...

London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced £4m funding in green infrastructure as part of its urban climate action plan to build a greener more resilient city

Sustainability-as-a-service platform company Olive Gaea is partnering with Sapio Analytics to support government organisations across the Menati region to tackle climate change.

Zimbabwe has broken ground on a new $500m Zim Cyber City smart city mixed use development and hi-tech park being created in Mount Hampden, New Harare

The latest episode of the Urban Exchange brings together Mayor of Medellín Daniel Quintero with Leading Cities’ Mike Lake to discuss the advance of urban resilience in Colombia's second-largest city.

Semtech is collaborating with New Zealand’s IoT Ventures and global connectivity provider Lacuna Space to develop a drought early warning system using LoRaWan

Its latest IBM accelerator programme will apply IBM technologies such as AI and hybrid cloud to address the challenges around water in vulnerable populations.

It will work with the China Academy of Information and Communication Technology in a multi-year collaboration to increase both understanding and capacity of the technology in cities around the world.

UK smart city Sunderland is launching an internet of things and 5G accelerator for start-ups, which can make use of the city’s advanced digital infrastructure

Arrow Electronics is working with a wheelchair tennis player to improve the lives of those with disabilities and limited mobility in cities using data analytics

Blockchain technology and smart cloud services company Taoping is expanding its e-bike charger network into 50 cities in China by the end of 2022

The IDC Gov Insights Smart Cities North America awards recognises 14 categories, with winners set to be featured at Smart Cities Connect 2023 in Denver.

Once light poles are equipped with the Utilus platform, they are able to communicate with each other and establish a network that provides a range of smart city applications.

ST Engineering’s Chew Men Leong highlights how intelligent traffic management solutions hold the key to safer, more sustainable cities

Chris Dymond, Founder and Director of Unfolding, joins the SmartCitiesWorld Podcast to bring a new perspective to what it means to be a smart city today.

IBM, United Nations Human Rights and the Linux Foundation have launched the annual Call for Code challenge that seeks to galvanise the efforts of developers, students, and problem-solvers to help...

Cities need to implement intelligent road management solutions in order to support citizens and businesses, writes Hong-Eng KOH, Global Chief Government Industry Scientist, Huawei.

The project will transform Northbank along the Yarra River to become one of the Australian city’s premier destinations for workers, residents and tourists.

Kim Jin, Huawei Optical, explains how deploying the right communications networks now can help to futureproof cities against as yet unseen challenges.

The sustainable food production project by the municipality of Rosario has won the grand prize in the WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities 2020-2021 Prize for Cities.

OpenESG claims ChatESG integrates business-specific logic and data from SMEs, public companies and partnerships to deliver rapid, verified responses to queries.

Barcelona has reduced pollution by 31 per cent since 2015 by expanding sustainable mobility and cutting the number of vehicles that generate more emissions.

Telford and Wrekin Council has partnered with Virgin Media O2 Business to install a fibre network to to boost digital inclusion and job opportunities

Siemens is partnering with real-estate investment company Prodea Investments to create smart and sustainable buildings in Greece, starting with its HQ in Athens

The contract will include driverless trains and infrastructure for the line between Western Sydney International Airport and Western Sydney Aerotropolis.