May 21, 2019
The City of Milan is proud to be the 2019 Wellbeing City. Milan is aware of the problems and opportunities in terms of sustainability, resilience, quality of life — and it views bottom-up initiatives are a chance to re-use public and private spaces, providing useful services for the community. Through the Civic Crowdfunding project, we…
May 21, 2019
A city’s future is not only judged by how its infrastructure is ready to serve the growing population but also how healthy the population is to continue or even increase production to grow its economy. In Rwanda, and Kigali city in particular given our history of the Genocide against the Tutsi that took place in…
May 02, 2019
Cities all over the world are seeking solutions to reduce their emissions and improve energy efficiency. This Big Picture looks at how cleantech, mobility, and city services can harness the power of Artificial Intelligence to accelerate climate action.
May 02, 2019
When it comes to climate change, cities are both places at risk and the sites most likely to produce innovative solutions. In respect to both this risk and opportunity, Michael Bloomberg has famously stated “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. Effective climate action in cities requires large amounts of data in order…
May 02, 2019
After the United States pulled out of the Paris Agreement in 2017, French president Emmanuel Macron expressed his interest to join the climate change battle. He offered world scientists and entrepreneurs work in France in order to make our planet great again. Two years later I would like to analyse how France is doing on…
May 02, 2019
It’s clear that a lot of action to reduce emissions will play out in urban areas where most people in the world live, and an even higher proportion of economic activity happens. Save the city, save the world. But it’s hard to make a substantial change to how a city runs. Successful cities are generally…
May 02, 2019
‘Smarter’ and ‘greener’ cities. Both words are often used together when talking about the future of cities. Yet, as author Antoine Picon once said, reality tells a different story where the smart has “captured” the green. Smart today means very fast-growing energy consumption and added CO2 emissions. Five years ago, computer and internet activity polluted…
May 02, 2019
Below is an extract from Trent McConaghy’s article, which explores how “AI for Good” can be scaled to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. One approach is to close the gap between problem owners and problem solvers using blockchain public utility network. It was originally published on April 22, 2019, by Ocean Protocol. To read…
May 02, 2019
The original article was published in the World Bank group Transport for Development blog. Technology is transforming transport with a speed and scale that are hard to comprehend. The transport systems of tomorrow will be connected, data-driven, shared, on-demand, electric, and highly automated. Ideas are moving swiftly from conception, research and design, tested to early…
Apr 17, 2019
Lire la version anglaise À titre de mairesse de Montréal et de membre du conseil consultatif du Wellbeing City Award de NewCities, je souhaiterais tout d’abord féliciter toutes les villes finalistes du prix Wellbeing City Award pour leurs efforts afin de placer le bien-être au cœur de leur conception, planification et politiques urbaines. Les 19…
