Montreal to impose a ‘climate test’ on all city decisions
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Montreal - The city of Montreal has unveiled a new climate
plan that focuses on green urban planning, clean transport and
energy-efficient buildings. It also includes a
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UN agencies prioritize urban action to achieve SDGs
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New York – UN-Habitat and the UN Development Programme (UNDP)
have signed a new commitment to help cities and countries make
progress towards achieving the SDGs by
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World’s major cities to meet 1.5C target
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Paris – New analysis from C40 Cities shows that 54 cities
representing 200 million residents worldwide are on track to help
keep global warming below 1.5 degrees
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Canton of Zurich eager to strengthen ties with Guangdong
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Zurich - The canton of Zurich and the Chinese province of
Guangdong are planning to cooperate more broadly. Government
Councilor Carmen Walker Späh and Governor Ma Xingrui
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Switzerland sponsors urban development training ‘in Africa, for Africa’
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Lausanne – The Swiss government is sponsoring the African
Cities Lab initiative to provide online training for urban
development professionals in Africa. The Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology
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Smart cities working together
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Basel – Seven Swiss cities have launched a joint initiative.
With the project “Smart Inter-City – our joint path to the future”,
they intend to put in
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Zurich to tackle rising urban temperatures
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Zurich/Winterthur – The city of Zurich wants to take action
against an overheated urban climate. In addition to new measures in
the building sector, the city has
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New Zurich university district all about green space
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Zurich – Progress is being made on the further development and
enhancement of the Zurich City university district. Green space and
greenery are a major consideration in
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Asian bank defines criteria for financing smart cities
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Singapore – United Overseas Bank has launched a new finance
framework to help make sustainable financing more accessible to
companies committed to advancing smart cities in Asia.
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Innovation park to be established in Eastern Switzerland
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St.Gallen – The sixth innovation park in Switzerland has been
earmarked for locations in Lerchenfeld, a district in the city of
St.Gallen, and Buchs in the canton
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New app shows users how global warming is changing their cities
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Norwich - A new mobile app allows people to explore how global
warming will affect the future climate of their towns and cities.
It shows temperature and
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WEF kicks off roadmap for smart cities
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Geneva – The World Economic Forum is teaming up with dozens of
cities from around the world to pioneer a new global policy roadmap
for smart cities
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Zurich awarded Energy City Gold Label
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Zurich - Zurich has again been awarded the Energy City Gold
Label. As part of the assessment undertaken by the Energiestadt
sponsoring association, Zurich received 85 percent
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Barcelona to expand superblock model
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Barcelona – The city of Barcelona has announced a 10-year plan
to reduce car traffic and pollution by expanding its successful
superblock model to the city center.
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UN-Habitat highlights ‘value of urbanization’
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Nairobi – The UN’s urban issues agency has published this
year’s World Cities Report. It emphasizes how sustainable
urbanization is the key to overcoming poverty, inequality, climate
change
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Canton of Uri seeking to combine green energy and environmental protection
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Altdorf – The canton of Uri has, according to its own
information, balanced the production of renewable energies and
protection of waterways. By means of a protection
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Covid-19 shifts focus from smart cities to resilient ones
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Rotterdam – The Covid-19 crisis is leading local governments
to focus more on more on resilience when it comes to spatial and
urban planning.
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Swiss Prime Site building with circular concrete developed by Eberhard
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Olten SO – An innovative form of concrete by the name of
zirkulit, which has been developed by the Kloten-based construction
company Eberhard, is being used for
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Seoul to plant ‘wind path forests’ to cool urban temperatures
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Seoul – The South Korean capital will create what it calls
‘urban wind path forests’ to direct clean and cool air from the
forest to the city
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Innovative district planned for Bellinzona
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Bellinzona – Bellinzona city center is to receive a radical
face lift. Following the relocation of the SBB workshops, a model
eco neighborhood complete with innovation park
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