Jamie Cudden and Grace D’arcy tell capitaltribunenews.com why the education and skills programme is essential to Dublin’s smart city success. From drones to a digital twin and connected lifebuoys, Dublin has a range of cutting-edge technology projects underway, but the one that Smart City Program...
Long Beach has launched a new programme that enables vendors to pitch ideas and technology solutions even when the city hasn’t issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) or challenge. The programme is part of Long Beach’s smart city initiative. Lea Eriksen, City of Long Beach...
Micromobility firm TIER has announced a new partnership that gives ageing electric lithium batteries a second life. Partnering with German start-up Vertical Values, the firm will repair and upcycle defective batteries from electric scooters and assemble still-useable cells into new batteries. Lithium batteries are prime...
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, with communities and ecosystems least able to cope being hardest hit. This is the conclusion of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
Short-term rentals in the Scottish city of Edinburgh may soon require planning permission to operate after councillors voted for tighter regulations to be imposed. A proposal to ask the Scottish Government to designate the city as a short-term let (STL) control area was unanimously approved...
Publishing its second resilience strategy, the City of Rotterdam has broadened the scope from climate risks to also increase the focus on economic, social, energy, ecological and digital readiness. Rotterdam, a low-lying port city that is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, was...
Liverpool City Council is set to make changes to the way it designs projects and contracts for suppliers, going beyond financial considerations to ensure agreements deliver economic, social and environmental benefits. This could include requirements for support or training to be provided for the long-term...
English city regions are warning of large reductions to bus services amid a financial crisis. A third of bus services in the Greater Manchester area could be cut if UK government grants do not continue past March, the city’s Transport Committee has claimed. In a...
The City of Glasgow is addressing a range of issues such as the digital divide, fuel poverty, and support for independent living via a new Digital Housing Strategy. The strategy is understood to be one of the first of its kind in Scotland and beyond....
Local authorities should explore using vacant facilities on high streets and elsewhere as spaces for public engagement, according to a new report from UK thinktank Demos. It argues that council-run physical spaces can strengthen the bond between local government and residents. The Locating Authority report...
