Xiong’an, China’s self-sufficient city
Green, pandemic-ready, self-sufficient and with enough living space for 25 million people. This is the latest and most ambitious smart city proyected by China.
How companies and innovators can work together to build smart and sustainable cities
Climate change and environmental degradation have become an tangible threat. What role have big corporations adquired to boost new solutions and catalyze efforts toward sustainable cities? Why should companies and startups unite forces to accelerate the shift to climate neutral metropolis?
Paris, The 15-minute City
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, announced earlier this year the challenging and innovative concept that would make the capital a fifteen-minute city, “la Ville des proximités”. The idea is to create neighbourhoods where every essential residents’ needs are easily within reach in 15 minutes by bike or walking. Simultaneously, the pandemic and COVID-19 crisis […]
A Just Transition with Climate and Social Ambition
This session with the fourth Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Ms. Teresa Ribera, will focus on the recovery measures taken by the government of Spain in order to drive sustainable and economic growth in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. In this context, we will discover […]
BRENT TODERIAN: Brainstorming Urban Ideas
Over the last few months, all over the world, cities are being challenged with the COVID-19 pandemic, and they have been forced to devise creative and innovative solutions in order to move forward. Could COVID-19 be an opportunity to rethink how cities work? Throughout this session with Brent Toderian, an urbanist and city planner, we […]
How can Micro-Mobility Support a Green and Sustainable Recovery?
Just a few months ago, cities all over the world were in the midst of a Mobility renaissance. New forms of shared and connected Mobility were taking root, augmenting overburdened public-transit systems and offering convenient, eco-friendly alternatives for commuting and urban travel. The fact is, the need for new modes of Mobility has not changed […]
Adopting Technologies Responsibly: a Global Policy Roadmap for Ethical Smart Cities
The G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance was launched last year to promote cities policies needed in order to adopt smart city technologies responsibly. Over the last year, the Alliance has assembled a global community of cities, institutions and leading experts to develop a policy framework that will guide local authorities with practical, implementable policies. Throughout […]
New infrastructure enabling new Governance
On October 21st of this year, Shanghai city’s “Unified management of Shanghai by one network", -internet of things operation center- was officially opened in the China Electronics Technology Software Information Service Co., Ltd. Focusing on the construction of a shared, open and collaborative ecosystem, the operation center is aimed at solving problems related with Shanghai’s […]
Urban Mobility Trends Post-Lockdown
COVID-19 has made a tremendous impact on people’s everyday lives. Of all the changes the current situation has brought, how we move around and get from one place to another, has been one of the most drastic ones. So, how will urban Mobility change in post-Covid cities? During this session with the RACC, the Mobility […]
Handling the Pandemic with Digital Innovation
Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-19. Which technologies proved best to track, trace and contain the outbreaks? How should city governments deploy these technologies? Has the uptake of digital solutions, tools and services speed up the digital transformation in urban areas? What are the upsides and downsides of the […]