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Metaverse – is it a trick or the future?

The Metaverse will revolutionize learning, discovery, and experience, as well as being a place for communication and work, says Meta The metaworld is a 3D virtual space, which in the future should function as an interactive world on the other side of the screen. There are games, workspaces, clubs, entertainment, user interaction, recreational areas, and…

The World Travel & Tourism Council Announce Collaboration with UNWTO and Sustainable Hospitality Alliance at COP15

The travel & Tourism sector commits to the vision to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 During COP15 in Montreal today, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (the Alliance) announced a new collaboration which will bring together the public and private sectors…

Free Solution to Reduce Plastic Waste

AcceliGOV Competition to offer Pilot of Automedi’s Award-Winning Solution Onstage during the Smart City Expo Miami, South Florida’s premier smart cities conference, Michael Lake, President and CEO of Leading Cities, challenged city and industry leaders to move from rhetoric to action in dealing with growing rates of plastic waste. To support this effort, Leading Cities…

10 ways Bloomberg Philanthropies advanced public innovation in 2022

We’ve stood up program after program focused on building the critical problem-solving capacities needed to unlock urban progress Here at Bloomberg Philanthropies, we know that local governments are essential to both improving lives at the community level and accelerating progress on global challenges. We also understand that city halls are consistently under-resourced, undervalued, and underestimated.…

Valea Jiului Development Society Project crowned “Transformative Action of the Year 2022”

The civil society coalition of 21 local NGOs active in the Jiu Valley was launched in 2019 The Valea Jiului Development Society Project was announced as the winner of the sixth edition of the Transformative Action Award at a ceremony hosted by the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels. The Romanian civil society coalition’s…

Environmental summit has encouraged Brits to take steps to reduce waste, emissions and use of electricity

Following the coming together of nations to progress climate change initiatives, Brits were asked for their opinions and understanding of what happened at the recent get-together in Sharm El-Sheikh A survey released today shows the real impact of the COP 27 summit on Brits behaviour. Following the coming together of nations to progress climate change…

More than 1 in 5 worldwide suffering from violence at work: ILO

Is the first-ever joint analysis of data worldwide carried out by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), the independent global charity Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF) and analytics and polling company, Gallup This first global survey on experiences of violence and harassment at work, aims to provide a better understanding and awareness of an issue rooted…

Yunex Traffic automates 54 tunnels in Wallonia, Belgium

Yunex Traffic will implement a tunnel management system to connect and automate all tunnels in the region. The project has been awarded in a public tender which has been decided 50% on technological merit Yunex Traffic has been awarded a contract to automate 54 tunnels with a total length of more than 7600 meters in…

Unemployment could undermine social trust in Europe

If a vicious cycle between unemployment and social distrust arises, it could be difficult to break, with potentially dire effects for social cohesion and even for democracy Take a moment to think about your activities today. You may have used public transport to go to work, paid for lunch using a credit card, or left…

Ribno Alpine Resort becomes the first recipient of the European Zero Waste Business Certificate

The ambitious certification process is based on the idea of reducing waste by exceeding the 90% separately collected waste target Mission Zero Academy (MiZA) audited Ribno Alpine Resort's success in implementing zero waste measures and compliance with the strict conditions required by the Zero Waste (ZW) Business Certificate. With a rating of two stars out of three, the audit rewarded…