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Discover the new residential lift Cibes air®

The new and innovative residential lift, Cibes Air, offers a unique user experience, where form and function work together to guide your senses. The design of vertical platform lifts has remained virtually unchanged for decades until the Cibes Lift Group decided that it was time for a change. Residential lift Cibes Air is a new…

Cibes air, Eriksson, Gustav Berg, smartbuilding, smartcity

6 bright ideas in 2021 that are helping end plastic waste

From Bali to Uganda, companies and communities are pioneering solutions to the plastic waste problem ‘Reverse vending machines’ gamify recycling Jembrana regency in Bali is admired for its natural beauty, but limited access to waste management services has led to plastic being illegally dumped, buried, or burned in the area. Project STOP Jembrana is building…

ASASE Foundation, Bali, Project STOP Jembrana, Sealed Air, smartcity, sustainablecities, Upcycle Africa

Leading Cities’ New Podcast Provides Glimpse into the Future

Each 20-minute episode introduces a major challenge plaguing local governments or communities and explores each company’s creative solution to alleviate the issue Leading Cities, a global non-profit driving sustainability and resiliency in cities, launched a podcast to introduce the public to some of the most innovative technologies sourced from around the world. When adopted by…

Accelicity, AcceliGOV, Leading Cities, Preview of Tomorrow, smartcity, smartnews

New project to boost sustainable wildlife management and food security in southern Africa

FAO and the French Development Agency (AFD) launched a new 3.5 million Euro project Southern Africa’s Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, which straddles Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, each year experiences large scale migrations of megafauna, in particular elephants, where 50 percent of the total population of African elephants can be found. However, the area…

AFD, África, FAO, Gilles Kleitz, Mette Wilkie, smartcity, smartnews, sustainablecities

Germany contributes €10 million to WB Trust Fund for disease preparedness in developing countries

The HEPR Program aims to help eligible countries and territories improve their ability to prevent and respond to the impact of epidemics on populations Germany is contributing 10 million euros (about US$12.1 million) to the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Trust Fund Program (HEPR Program), established last year to help developing countries respond to the…

Covid19, Germany, HEPR, Mamta Murthi, smartcity, SmartHealth, World Bank‘s

Kazakhstan’s Economy to Recover Modestly in 2021, But COVID-19-induced Poverty on the Rise, Says World Bank

The authorities have implemented strong policy measures to minimize the pandemic’s impact on people and the economy Kazakhstan’s economy is expected to grow modestly by 2.5 percent in 2021 and support higher growth by 3.5 percent in 2022, but significant downside risks remain due to uneven worldwide economic recovery and higher debt-related risks on the…

Covid19, economy, Jean-Francois Marteau, Kazakhstan, Sjamsu Rahardja, smartcity, smartnews, World Bank

Building work starts on first two hotels at Red Sea Project

TRSDC awarded the construction contracts to Saudi company Al-Bawani and Swiss firm Blumer Lehmann The Red Sea Development Co. (TRSDC), the tourism developer wholly owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced on Wednesday that it had started construction on two of its flagship hotel projects. TRSDC awarded the construction contracts to Saudi company…

John Pagano, PIF, Red Sea Project, smartcity, smarttourism, TRSDC

Tactical urbanism is also a matter of values, not just asphalt and paint

The Covid-19 pandemic has created a shared challenge and opportunity: the need to rethink the way we use, feel, design and manage public space Across metropolises and cities, the Covid-19 pandemic has created a shared challenge and opportunity: the need to rethink the way we use, feel, design and manage public space. In the webinar…

Covid19, metropoli.org, smartcity, sustainablecities, Urbanism

Artificial intelligence (AI) could contribute more than $15 trillion to the world economy by 2030

The World Economic Forum's The Global AI Action Alliance brings together a multistakeholder group including more than 100 companies Artificial intelligence (AI) could contribute more than $15 trillion to the world economy by 2030, adding 14% to global GDP, according to PwC. This would make AI the biggest economic opportunity of the next decade, representing…

artificial intelligence, Covid19, smartcity, technologies, The Global AI Action Alliance

ADB, Japan to strengthen cooperation on clean energy in ASEAN region

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) have signed a memorandum of cooperation Signed by ADB Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development Bambang Susantono and METI Vice-Minister for International Affairs Shigehiro Tanaka, the MOC will strengthen cooperation between the two organizations under the Cleaner Energy Future Initiative…

ADB, ASEAN, CEFIA, Japan, METI, smartcity, sustainablecities

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