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Call for applications from European regions for climate resilience funding opens

40 selected regions will receive up to 210,000€ each to advance their approaches to climate adaptation planning Pathways2Resilience (P2R) opened its first call for applications from European regions to participate in the development of strategies and action plans that strengthen regions’ resilience to the impacts of climate change. 40 selected regions will receive up to…

The importance of a smart waste management system

Upgrading to smart waste management systems can create cleaner, greener and more spacious urban environments Smart cities represent the integration of technology into the traditional infrastructure of our urban environments. One of the key areas where this integration is making a significant impact is waste management. Smart city waste management leverages technology to enhance the…

FIWARE brings widely applied Open Source technologies to North America and presents them at Smart Cities Connect in Washington D.C.

FIWARE Foundation drives technology innovations together with a global development and business community by increasing economic resources for Smart Cities in North America, with a major focus on the US FIWARE Foundation, the non-profit organization that encourages the adoption of open standards using Open Source technologies for the development of smart solutions on a global…

The humanitarian approach to the development of the smart city movement. Application of crowd intelligence.

Requires the use of modern solutions and approaches (both technological and social), but the focus is still on the comfort and safety of people In accordance with the English version of Wikipedia, a smart city is a technologically modern urban area. This definition reflects the technological approach to the concept of smart city, which primarily…

Ensuring technology benefits humanity

Introducing Cambridge University's new Institute for Technology and Humanity A major interdisciplinary initiative aims to meet the challenges and opportunities of new technologies as they emerge, today and far into the future. The frenetic pace of technology in the 21st century is a double-edged sword Emerging technologies could increase our prosperity and longevity, and help eradicate disease.…

Learning from when the earth moves

Indonesia plans to build a new capital city from scratch and protecting the new city from the effects of earthquakes will be crucial Professor Nick Rawlinson is fascinated by the shifting crust of the planet, the jostle of tectonic plates, the rupture of faults and the shaking of the earth. As a seismologist, he uses…

Telefónica and the UNWTO promote digital, sustainable and inclusive tourism

The collaboration agreement will run until 2026 and will focus on digital entrepreneurship; innovation and application of new technologies (big data, artificial intelligence, etc.) and talent development Telefónica and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) ratify their commitment to cooperation through a new collaboration framework, valid until 2026, with the aim of promoting a more digital,…

Deadly sepsis and antibiotic-resistant bacteria are in Europe’s crosshairs

EU researchers are looking for new ways to tackle bloodstream infections that kill millions of people worldwide every year Professor Evangelos Giamarellos-Bourboulis has spent the past 18 years investigating a new way to treat sepsis – a medical condition that kills an estimated 11 million people worldwide every year. That’s almost a fifth of all global…

EIT Digital unleashes the power of data for better city living

The initiative aims to simplify the tracking and collection of valuable data in urban settings, supporting decision-making processes and expediting the delivery of new digital urban services EIT Digital, in collaboration with partners, is pioneering CEDUS (City Enabler for Digital Urban Services), a project developing City Enabler—a FIWARE-based software product. The initiative aims to simplify the tracking…

22 European cities recognized for climate leadership in annual CDP ranking

Nordic cities on the front foot, accounting for more than half of CDP's A List cities in continental Europe for 2023 22 cities across Europe have today been named as leaders for their environmental transparency and action in 2023. Published by CDP, the non-profit which runs the world's environmental disclosure system, the 2023 CDP Cities…