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The Digital Trust Centre will lead research and development efforts for “trust technologies”, which include those that preserve data privacy while the data is being analysed.   Singapore wants to be alert to future risks as AI and other technologies develop Singapore is launching the Digital Trust Centre (DTC) to lead research and development efforts […]

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 […]

Research identifies that the most successful cities balance regulation, incentives, innovation and accelerators and work in partnership with landlords, investors, developers and occupiers.   Cities must act now not wait for regulation when it comes to decarbonising buildings City governments are setting ambitious sustainability targets – often well ahead of national goals – but plans […]

It seeks to provide an in-depth overview of policy in seven jurisdictions around the world to help assess the impact on five key low-carbon emitting technologies.   Policy support for alternative hydrogen production is evident in jurisdictions covered A new dashboard showing the impact of policy on low-carbon emitting technologies (LCETs) in seven jurisdictions has […]

Kyra Appleby, global director for cities, states and regions for CDP, explains how the latest revisions to the CDP-ICLEI Track questionnaire can aid cities in disclosing urban climate action progress information that can be applied to other reporting frameworks, and how cities can begin their journey to climate action through initial disclosure – regardless of […]

David Stepanek, executive vice president, sales and chief transformation officer of Bristow, talks to Luke Antoniou about the way forward for advanced air mobility and what is required to gain acceptance from the public, regulators and local authorities alike.   Luke Antoniou: There is a lot yet to be figured out before urban air mobility […]

A drone flight over the City of Winchester witnessed the simultaneous integration and operation of a range of unmanned aerial systems technologies from a coalition of public and private sector providers.   Tynan said the Fly-In showed what is possible through public-private partnerships A demonstration involving small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) being operated by multiple […]

Selected cities will be invited to develop Climate City Contracts, which will include an overall plan for climate neutrality across all sectors such as energy, buildings, waste management and transport.   Cities are encouraged to work with their citizens on climate-neutral goals The European Commission (EC) has announced the 100 European Union (EU) cities that will […]

The Baltic Sea digital twin is expected to provide a simulated environment where it will be possible to model the effects that human activity has on the sea.     Marios Nicolaou of 5G Techritory presenting the digital twin concept     Latvia has launched an initiative to develop a digital twin of the Baltic […]