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Shaping sustainable cities
Society is more networked than ever before, and therein lies an opportunity. The world is entering a new communications era. Technology is enabling us to interact, innovate and share knowledge in...
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Digital. Global. Action – Social Good Summit 2012
We have been supporting Technology for Good and the use of social media to spread the word on the importance of sustainability issues for some time now and we continue to develop new opportunities for...
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The broadband bridge
Broadband Bridge side event panel at COP18 What is the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICT) and climate change? ICT has the potential to help resolve one of the biggest...
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Are smart cities really sustainable?
We talk a lot about smart cities. Connected cars, connected buses and connected homes. Smart work, smart meters and smart education. E-health, e-services and e-government. But are smart cities...
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Building sustainable cities – with a 14 year old
At NEST 2013 – Networked Society Forum, a simulation shows that town planning, sustainability and resource management is not just of interest to professionals. Young people can also be inspired to...
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Culture and ICT make city life richer for billions
Billions of people are moving to the world’s cities in search of better lives. Culture and creativity are helping create new urban opportunities and share them among entire populations. We live in an...
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New collaboration supports sustainable cities
This year’s NEST Networked Society Forum in Miami produced plenty of interesting discussions and featured many inspiring speakers. More good news came in the form or a new partnership that will focus...
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ICT as enabler of the Green City
How do we define the “Green City” and what role can ICT play in creating them? The New Cities Summit got me thinking about the opportunities – and the challenges – ICT faces in the context of new...
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The transformational role of ICT in The New Urban Agenda
Next year in Quito, Ecuador, the United Nations will hold its third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, also known as Habitat III. Habitat II was held 19 years ago,...
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New and renew at World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cancun
Editor’s note: Today we are honored to introduce guest blogger Jose Luis Serrato, head of Operations in Region Latin America and Caribbean as well as President of Ericsson Mexico. He’s on his way to...
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Citizen Field Engineer – securing safe and secure water in informal settlements
This illustration is a derivative of the original image by khym54 , used under the CC BY license. A joint research paper between UN-Habitat and Ericsson focusing on securing access to safe and secure...
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Urban hackday creates tech solutions to social challenges in cities
On September 25 and 26, UN-Habitat, Ericsson, and Nairobi’s Strathmore University arranged an “urban hackday” at Strathmore University in Nairobi. Youth from around Kenya – together with mentors from...
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