IN: Haryana: Congress questions pending smart city projects in Karnal
The party workers, led by district convener Tirlochan Singh, took out a “Pole khol bhraman” at the work sites to check their condition and status of work
The Congress party on Saturday questioned the “pending and failed” development works under the Smart City Project in Karnal.
MY: Revolutionising digital education
Malaysia’s Education Ministry has paved the way for the nation’s digital transformation through the recently approved National Digital Education Policy.
With 31% of the country’s 34 million people comprising schoolgoing children and youths aged five to 24, the effort to review the current digital state of the population is a timely move.
The power of cities to reshape their climate future
Sandra Baer takes us through the eight things city leaders should be looking for during Cop28 in Dubai, to help build inclusive and lasting climate resilience.
Cities may only cover two per cent of the world’s surface, but they are major contributors to climate change, consuming 78 per cent of the world’s energy and producing more than 60 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The status quo in our cities, combined with continuing urban sprawl, are key drivers for more urgent climate action, and make Cop28 a summit at which urban climate action commitments must come to the fore.
US: Transportation, Infrastructure Move Toward Electrification
As cities work to get more electric vehicles and micromobility options like e-bikes onto streets, they're also putting livability and equity at the center of how technology can improve the urban experience.
Electrification was the live wire vibrating across the mobility space this year as consumers snapped up electric vehicles — and even electric bikes — in unseen numbers. Meanwhile, initiatives up and down the government spectrum rolled out new infrastructure, incentives and mandates to guide the biggest shakeup in the transportation sector in more than a century.
A data-driven approach for municipal waste management
Over 2 billion tons of garbage are produced globally every year and at least 33 percent of that – according to conservative estimates by the World Bank – is not disposed of in an environmentally safe manner. The problem directly challenges cities, as many local governments are responsible and accountable for waste collection and management.
In Europe, many cities are struggling to improve trash collection and make streets and districts cleaner. The call to increase waste recycling and promote the circular economy is also getting more intense. As for the European Green Deal’s sustainability goals, EU member countries committed to recycling at least 55 percent of municipal waste and 65 percent of total packaging waste by 2025. While some countries including Italy, Germany, Czechia, and Denmark are well on track to meet those goals, a recent assessment by the European Environment Agency highlighted that 18 member states out of 27 are at risk of missing one or both of them.