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Opinion / Energy

Rediscovering the promise of nuclear power

...smart and forward-thinking policy choices, and better education of the public (beginning with schoolchildren and higher investment in education). Nuclear power may not be popular today, but it should ...

22 Jun 2018

Rediscovering the promise of nuclear power

Opinion / Policy & Finance

No excuses for lack of transparency in cobalt mining

...smartphones triggered a spike in the market and demand isn’t expected to slow. In fact, if you are reading this article online, you’re probably using a device containing cobalt. Unfortunately, supply ...

24 Apr 2018

No excuses for lack of transparency in cobalt mining

News / Water

Building a smarter water system with intelligent tools

...smart water system that will be more resource, manpower and energy efficient. “In essence, smart water is about getting various parts of the water plant to talk to one another, bringing the data toget...

26 Jan 2017

Building a smarter water system with intelligent tools

Press Releases / Eco-Business

First-ever Liveability Challenge offers up to S$1m for game-changing urban innovations

...smart cities, responsible business and sustainable development community. Its platforms include the award-winning Eco-Business.com site which attracts more than 120,000 high-level visitors every month...

5 Apr 2018

First-ever Liveability Challenge offers up to S$1m for game-changing urban innovations

News / Water

Squeezing profits from a dry rock: Business models for a water-scarce world

...smart cards or mobile banking. “The purpose of providing water at a price is to encourage the efficient use of water, as well as create a revenue stream from operating and maintaining the system,” sa...

3 Sep 2018

Squeezing profits from a dry rock: Business models for a water-scarce world

News / Manufacturing

The reinvention of Fuji Xerox

...Smart Work Gateway in November last year, which is the latest phase of evolution for the 55 year-old Japanese firm from a maker of printers and copiers into an end-to-end document manager and tech sol...

15 Mar 2017

The reinvention of Fuji Xerox

News / Carbon & Climate

As climate threats drive migration, Indian women find opportunities

...smart way to adapt to increasing climate pressure, providing new opportunities to make money, support family members back at home and try out new options. While it is primarily men that migrate from t...

18 Oct 2018

As climate threats drive migration, Indian women find opportunities

Press Releases / Expotrade

Skyscraper development poised for a new wave of growth

...smart infrastructure & integrated technologies for a sustainable future are few of the topics that will be covered at the Smart Skyscrapers Summit. The topic on the use of energy intensity mappin...

7 Mar 2017

Skyscraper development poised for a new wave of growth

Research / World Economic Forum

Harnessing public-private cooperation to deliver the New Urban Agenda

...smart and integrated townships in India on page 48 Smart City promoting community engagement and open data, Dublin, Ireland on page 49 City resurgence, Pittsburgh on page 51 Leveraged digital techn...

10 Feb 2017

Harnessing public-private cooperation to deliver the New Urban Agenda

News / Carbon & Climate

Global green vision is doable, with an effort

...smart technologies—together with a shift in diets worldwide—could reduce global energy demand by 40 per cent by 2050. That would mean a switch from fossil fuels and towards the goal of global warming ...

8 Jun 2018

Global green vision is doable, with an effort

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News / Water

Convening water science, strategies and solutions

...smart technologies and unmanned systems to boost efficiency and move towards predictive operations and maintenance, and tapping new systems like membrane aerated biofilm reactors for wastewater treatm...

7 Jun 2018

Convening water science, strategies and solutions

News / Water

Gathering water leaders for success

By 2050, about seven in 10 people will live in cities across the globe, potentially straining their governments’ ability to provide infrastructure and services such as housing and safe drinking water,...

3 Jul 2018

Gathering water leaders for success

News / Policy & Finance

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes

...smart agriculture, improve nutrition, and direct money toward investing in smaller farms can change the outcomes dramatically toward more sustainably managed landscapes, Voegele added. The Center for ...

5 Jun 2018

Private sector leaders seek to ramp up investment in sustainable landscapes

News / Cities

In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power

...smartphone app that lets users snap a picture of uncollected garbage or a broken street lamp, and report it to local authorities. Like “311” services in the United States or Seoul’s “smart complaint” ...

16 Oct 2017

In Jakarta, solving problems with new tech tools and people power

Opinion / Energy

4 ways blockchain will disrupt the energy sector

In the last five years or so, so-called “disruptive” technologies—such as distributed renewable energy, smart grids, energy storage, and fuel cells——have clearly impacted the energy world. While energ...

3 Jun 2017

4 ways blockchain will disrupt the energy sector

Opinion / Manufacturing

How robot cleaners are changing the image of the cleaning industry

...Smart cleaning technology across different equipment and platforms can help businesses be more sustainable and efficient by reducing water and chemical usage, strengthening chemical dosing accuracy, i...

16 Jun 2017

How robot cleaners are changing the image of the cleaning industry

News / Policy & Finance

First-ever index ranks urban areas on SDGs implementation

...smart, fair and sustainable future,” said Jeff Sachs, director of the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and co-author of the index. The index tracks 49 statistical indicator...

29 Aug 2017

First-ever index ranks urban areas on SDGs implementation

Workers at Qi Palawan resort setting up a solar energy system

Opinion / Energy

Why the ecotourism industry must embrace clean energy solutions

People are traveling more than ever. A growing global middle class is giving rise to a ‘travelling class’; those who view travel as an essential part of life, rather than a luxury. While much of this ...

28 Feb 2018

Why the ecotourism industry must embrace clean energy solutions

Press Releases / Black & Veatch

Hong Kong’s Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme represents new thinking on stormwater management

...smart city technologies to overcome climate change and urban density challenges,” said Andy Kwok, Director, Black & Veatch in Hong Kong. “Rather than digging deeper drains, the scheme ...

26 Jan 2018

Hong Kong’s Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme represents new thinking on stormwater management

A farmer in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia sits beside his crops

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided—so why isn't this happening?

...smart” or “conservation” agriculture). But changes also need to be made on a larger scale. Some bodies recognise this. Faced with the growing social and environmental costs of industrial farming, the ...

28 Mar 2018

We know how food production needs to change if crisis is to be avoided—so why isn't this happening?

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