Policy Making

Data collected by residents for the Science in the City monitoring project shows a 40 per cent improvement in two estates within the city’s Square Mile.   The City of London Corporation is working with residents to improve air quality Data collected by residents in two housing estates in the City of London’s Square Mile […]

The Breathe Warsaw initiative will provide technical assistance and capacity building to support the deployment of data-driven policies to improve air quality and benefit climate and health in the Polish capital.   Warsaw has one of the largest network of air quality sensors in Europe The City of Warsaw, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Clean Air […]

The Digital Cities Index 2022 report by Economist Impact found that involving citizens in the design of smart city schemes underpins meaningful inclusion.   Copenhagen scored well for use of digital technology to support urban sustainability Copenhagen has topped the Digital Cities Index 2022, followed by Amsterdam, Beijing, London and Seoul rounding out the top […]

The research firm is working with a coalition of business, government, and academic leaders, including SmartCitiesWorld, on the study of 200 cities, which will probe their strategies, investments and plans for becoming future-ready.   The research project will examine how cities plan to reinvent their urban environments Global research firm ThoughtLab is collaborating with a […]

Economist Impact’s four-day virtual and in-person event aims to help policymakers and business leaders implement practical strategies to become more sustainable.   Sustainability Week US aims to help policymakers implement practical strategies More than 150 leading figures from across the sustainability community will be speaking at the second Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week, which kicks off […]

The most polluting vehicles will be excluded from entering the centre of the Scottish city from 1 June 2023 and a penalty charge will be payable if emission standards are not met.   Glasgow’s low emission zone (Lez) has been given the green light for full enforcement from 1 June 2023 by Scottish ministers. This […]

The Urban Mobility Partnership in the UK is calling for local action and national policy changes to reduce use of personal private car usage for business travel in line with decarbonisation agendas.   Grey fleet reduction should be a key part of cities’ clean air and transport plans A UK urban mobility coalition is calling […]

Ladd Keith, PhD, assistant professor of planning at the University of Arizona, and co-author of a new guide on urban heat resilience, explains why this is the time for cities and governments to take serious action to mitigate and adapt to the rise in urban heat.   Heat increase is one of the most visible […]

The cities have signed the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration to address air pollution, which has become the second-largest cause of death on the African continent.   Dakar plans to introduce electric bus rapid transit and introduce more bike lanes Ten major African cities have committed to the C40 Clean Air Cities Declaration to improve […]

It is convening organisations across the public and private sectors, experts and academics to accelerate development of governance and policy frameworks.   The metaverse is expected to grow into an $800bn market by 2024 The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced an initiative to build an equitable, interoperable and safe metaverse at its annual meeting in […]