Despite offering new opportunities and enhancing civic engagement, crowdsourcing is barely utilized by urban planners. Wietse Van Reensbeeck of CitizenLab ...
Bio-bean seeks funding to turn coffee waste into fuel
Manufacturer Bio-bean has launched a crowdfunding campaign to commercially produce its “Coffee Logs”. The small briquettes are made from waste ...
New mayor plans to expand London’s clean air zone
The new mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, unveiled plans to increase the size of the city’s clean air charging zone. The scheme aims to incentivize ...
China collaborates with Silicon Valley company for smart city solutions
In order to tackle its problems such as air pollution and traffic jams, China is teaming up with a Silicon Valley company: The Chinese Academy of Sciences ...
How two cities have become the most polluted worldwide
Onitsha, Nigeria and Zabol, Iran are the world’s most polluted cities, according to the new WHO database on urban air pollution. The Guardian offers ...
Apple investiert in chinesischen Fahrvermittlungsdienst
Neues Geschäftsfeld für Apple: Der kalifornische Konzern steigt mit einer Milliarde Euro (880 Millionen Euro) bei dem chinesischen Fahrtdienstleister ...
Cities need data for their sustainable development
As the world’s population is shifting towards urban areas, cities are where sustainable development has to take place. But in order to facilitate ...
Private-public partnerships and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
With government resources being limited, private-public partnerships are a key instrument for financing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for ...
Facebook, Microsoft boost clean energy business
A buyer’s group led by Facebook and Microsoft seeks to unlock utility barriers in order to help companies deploy 60 gigawatts of renewable energy by ...
Shell unveils “below 2C” vision
Oil company Shell has released a report with insights on what it would take to stay below 2C of global warming. The document, titled “A better life ...
