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"Smart City Wien" and the UN Agenda 2030
Many objectives from the 2030 Agenda had already been covered by the strategies and activities of the City of Vienna. In the course of updating the Smart City Wien framework strategy, the SDGs were strategically integrated in all target areas.
Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says
Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.
District cooling could be the solution we need to tackle extreme heat | New Scientist
Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now, they are expanding into cities as heatwaves increase in the US and Europe
Defining data agency - building [at] habitat
& more reflections from Habitat's summer in Berlin
Offering experience, intelligence, and wisdom for climate action
A Necessary Response: The Climate Action Handbook for Urbanists is an impassioned and technically useful guide to taking action at the community level.
Green economic planning for rapid decarbonisation
Sustainable futures require deep social and economic transformations to address climate change adequately. The current landscape of intergovernmental and market-based coordination is not delivering...
Visualising Climate 2026 — Conference
A global conference on climate data visualization, storytelling, and science. Bologna, Italy • 4–6 November 2026.
Climate Change: Global Crisis To Local Action By Kevin Anderson
The New Geopolitics Of The Green Transition
The only path forward for tackling the climate crisis hinges on cooperative industrial strategies to coordinate clean energy investment and infrastructure development.
Assessment of next steps to promote the energy performance and sustainability of data centres in EU, including the establishment of an EU-wide rating scheme
This document represents the deliverable 'Second Technical Report' for the project Study on Technical Assistance in support of implementing Article 12(5) of Directive 2023/1791 on the energy performance and sustainability of data centres, and has been produced by EY, AIT and Borderstep for the European Commission. The technical report assesses data centre energy efficiency and sustainability, and the reporting scheme of the Delegated Regulation 2024/1364. It uses reported data, supplemented where necessary, and evaluates energy performance via sustainability and key performance indicators. The report also addresses data quality/completeness and proposes reporting scheme improvements, including information/indicators and user experience.
Urban problems: nature-based solutions and a Green New Deal everywhere
Nature-based Solutions with localised Green New Deals could save our settlements, and provide a just transition to a low-carbon society
Home - Schumacher Center for a New Economics
Our mission is to envision a just and regenerative economy; apply the concepts locally; then share the results for broad replication. Programs Library Lectures & Publications The Decentralism File Community Land Trust Local Currencies Reinventing The Commons All Programs eNewsletters All News “Since there is now increasing evidence of environmental deterioration, particularly in … Continued
We mapped the world’s hottest data centers
In 21 countries, all data centers are located in climates that are too hot.
Announcing the NYC Urban Heat Portal: Explore, Understand, and Act on Urban Heat - BetaNYC
BetaNYC is excited to announce the launch of the NYC Urban Heat Portal! Explore it at urbanheat.nyc What is urban heat, and why does it matter? New York City, like many urban areas, faces the Urban Heat Island effect, whereby cityscapes become significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas. The growing challenge of extreme heat is
How much of a problem is AI’s water use?
AI’s water footprint is growing, but location and cooling technology make a difference.
