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The Nordics – Interview with Kirsi Kotilainen Sales and Customer Partnerships VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland at Smart City Expo World Congress 2021

We had the opportunity and the pleasure to interview Kirsi Kotilainen, Sales and Customer Partnerships, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland at The Nordics Pavilion in Smart City Expo World Congress 2021, who told us about their company, projects and outlooks.

Commission invites cities to express their interest to become part of European Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030”

The Commission launched a call for expression of interest addressed to cities to join the European Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities The objectives of the mission are to achieve 100 climate-neutral and smart European cities by 2030 and to ensure that these cities act as experimentation and innovation hubs to enable all European cities…

Moscow Ranked World’s 2nd Most Innovative Hub in ESG Fields

The authors of the rating attributed the higher education system, the introduction of innovations and a large number of acceleration programs for startups to the strengths of the city Moscow took second place, ahead of Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, in the overall standings of cities in the European ranking of the Future City ESG Innovation Index,…

The new Oxford Climate Journalism Network enhances climate reporting

The project is a unique new opportunity for participating journalists and their organisations to strengthen their competencies to cover climate change How can we make sure newsrooms are well-equipped to cover the climate crisis, fight misinformation and guarantee that climate reporting is not an isolated topic? These questions are what the new Oxford Climate Journalism Network will…

Planetwatch selects city of Miami to deploy air quality monitoring network

The network is built upon the Algorand blockchain and will be PlanetWatch’s first large-scale deployment in a major US city following successful projects in several European cities PlanetWatch, the world’s first decentralized indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring network built on the Algorand blockchain, has selected the city of Miami to deploy a network of…

Empowering Communities to Reap the Multiple Benefits of Renewable Energy

Participation and ownership by citizens or members of a defined community in a renewable energy project creates local socio-economic value and helps foster more positive attitudes towards renewables In turn, this increases citizen support for the energy transition, which further contributes to accelerating a just and inclusive transition. The IRENA Coalition for Action analyses 11…

Florence, Milan and Bologna are the most digital cities in Italy

The administrations that had already started radical innovation processes in the past years are the ones showing the best results today The digital transformation of Italian cities continues: Florence, Milan and Bologna, which already achieved the best results in past years, are confirmed at the top of the ICity Rank, followed by Roma Capitale, Modena,…

First world sports tourism congress: the role of sport for tourism recovery and its contribution to the 2030 agenda

Renowned experts and academics in sports tourism debated on current and future trends in the sector and underlined the key role of sport for the development of a more sustainable and inclusive tourism The first edition of the World Sports Tourism Congress (25-26 November, Lloret de Mar, Spain) focused on the unique capacity of the…

CryoMind: the technology that will allow your mind to live forever

This technology based on the scientific concept “mind uploading” believes it's possible to completely translate the human mind into digital information and capable of accurately simulating the brain The European startup CryoMind launched this week its homonymous technology: CryoMind. It’s an innovative system that offers the possibility of extracting the brain waves of people and keep in…

Shimla tops NITI Aayog’s SDGs Urban Index

The index used a comprehensive list of 77 indicators covering 46 global SDG targets across 15 SDGs NITI Aayog ranks Shimla, the summer capital of Himachal Pradesh, India, first under its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Urban Index. The Urban Development Minister of Himachal Pradesh Suresh Bhardwaj announced the achievement on November 24. The index covered…