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Rotterdam uses smart tech to 'save city from drowning'

Corporate Knights

While typical green roofs function like sponges and look like gardens, Rotterdam is working with public and private landlords to develop a “green-blue grid.” The tanks, in turn, are equipped with electronic drain valves that can be opened and closed remotely, in some cases via a smart phone app. .

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Qualcomm’s 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: Future Focused Research and Development

3BL Media

We have developed foundational technologies, including CDMA and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDMA), and we are a driving force behind the development, launch and expansion of 5G and 5G Advanced. Our technologies help drive the continued evolution of the wireless industry. India, Europe and China.

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Enabling the Deep-Tech and Innovation Ecosystems in Vietnam, Taiwan and Africa

3BL Media

programs like The Inventor’s Patent Academy , as well as startup incubation, women’s entrepreneurship development and IP training in India. As we stride forward in research and development, our vision extends to long-term investments that catalyze technology growth worldwide and fuel an intricate ecosystem.

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Financing Urban Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Network

IEFE-Centre for Research on Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy of Bocconi University, in collaboration with UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Thematic Network Urban Development and the European Commission, will host an international conference on the topic "Financing urban sustainable development" on May 27, 2016.

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Sustainable Development Report 2020 Media Round Up

Sustainable Development Network

The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Bertelsmann Stiftung published the Sustainable Development Report 2020 including the SDG Index and Dashboards. The report outlines the likely short-term impacts of Covid-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and describes how the SDGs can frame the recovery.

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Demand for data sovereignty is moving to local government

Cisco CSR

Ever since the European Union issued the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016, a seismic shift has taken place globally toward the need for data sovereignty. An early adopter of smart city innovation after working with Cisco, Accenture, Schneider Electric, and others, Barcelona was well positioned for this new initiative.

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Building an SDG Data Dashboard for San José, California

Sustainable Development Network

This project, led by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), brings together academic institutions and key urban stakeholders to localize the UN’s newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals —a series of global aspirations and priorities designed to take on major sustainable development challenges.