May 29, 2019
India’s economy has shown impressive growth in the last couple of decades, coupled with significant reduction in poverty. According to the International Monetary Fund, India’s economic growth is expected to be reach 7.5 percent by the year 2021. This will make India one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and India’s aspiration to…
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 11, 2019
Too often cities are reactively addressing wellbeing as a silo issue, rather than examining ways to holistically improve the quality of life for citizens. Together with Novartis Foundation and the Novartis US Foundation, this Big Picture explores the challenges and benefits that cities, nonprofits, and businesses face when prioritising and focussing on citizen urban wellbeing.…
Apr 11, 2019
The annual Happiness Report was published late last March – with highlights including the need for government to take happiness and wellbeing more seriously. This year’s theme, Happier Together, focuses on what we have in common, rather than what divides us. In the wake of current affairs, and the political climate around the world, this…
Apr 11, 2019
More than half of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050[1]. This statistic is frequently used to indicate the rapid pace at which urbanization is occurring. What it doesn’t indicate, however, is the host of health challenges that this population growth will bring, including a significant burden on health systems, especially resulting from…
Apr 11, 2019
On All Things Urban, we share jobs in the urban sector from all over the world, and from all over the spectrum – far beyond traditional urban planning or design. There, you can easily find such job titles as city services interaction designer, or urban mobility modelling specialist – but despite the growing popularity of…
