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Rotterdam launched an innovative pilot project: QR codes were placed on some 100 trees that are declining and therefore need to be removed.
The EU policy level recognises the existential threat that climate change and environmental degradation poses to Europe. It also acknowledges the insufficiency of conventional technological, governance approaches and the need for innovation. As such, the European Green Deal and related instruments seek to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where economic growth is decoupled from resource use and no person and no place is left behind.
A new app, Dublin Cycling Buddy, was launched by City council with the aim of helping cyclists identify bike-friendly routes around the capital. Thanks to data logged by bike users, the app will also be of great use for the local authority because it will help them to identify which cycle routes around the city …
The five houses of the Milestone Project are being built one after the other so that each new round of construction can maximize learning opportunities from the previous ones. Soon, the project partners will start working on the design of the next building, which will have several floors and, therefore, require further development of the technique.
Just because an end to Covid is in sight, mayors and cities shouldn’t abandon the bold ideas and actions that made a recovery possible.
À Surgères, le syndicat mixte Cyclad mène une démarche novatrice en matière d’économie circulaire depuis dix ans. Après les CyclaB’box, zones de gratuité permanente, il s’apprête
Just because an end to Covid is in sight, mayors and cities shouldn’t abandon the bold ideas and actions that made a recovery possible.
Experts disagree about which technologies should be used to meet the EU’s climate change targets.
Innovation Networks: A Policy Brief from the Policy Learning Platform on Research and innovation
Innovation networks are central to the innovation process as they facilitate mutual learning and knowledge transfer among members.This policy brief explores the role of innovation networks within regional innovation ecosystems. Regional policy makers are designing and implementing innovation networks not only to promote learning and knowledge exchanges but also to reduce fragmentation in their innovation ecosystems. Due to different needs for regional interactions, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ innovation network policy intervention. The regional approach to find effective policy solutions for strengthening innovation networks makes Interreg Europe projects the ideal space for policy learning. This policy brief features five policy recommendations using the experience of Interreg Europe projects dealing with innovation networks to offer regions a path towards better regional innovation policymaking. Download
Leuven, Belgium, has been named the 2020 European Capital of Innovation for its use of innovation to improve residents’ lives.
The €1 million cash prize, which every year recognises cities’ innovative solutions to social challenges that engage and empower its citizens, was awarded to Leuven in a ceremony with EU Commissioner Mariya Gabrielduring the EU Research and Innovation Days in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 September.
Dans le monde, les villes portent le développement économique et social. C’est vrai en Asie comme en Amérique. Dans de nombreux pays émergents, le taux d’urbanisation est synonyme de taux de développement. Ainsi le débat sur les « Smart cities » est-il plus développé à l’extérieur que chez nous. Il nous faut élargir notre vision de l’espace urbain pour en faire l’espace de nos principaux défis : la transition écologique, les nouvelles mobilités, la maîtrise des énergies, la lutte contre les gaspillages, la révolution digitale, l’emploi, la formation, la sécurité... L’espace urbain s’affirme régulièrement comme le lieu de la dynamique économique et sociale. Chaque ville devient un laboratoire du monde d’après, un laboratoire de l’avenir. Au niveau central, il nous faut penser à une « Délégation interministérielle à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'attractivité régionale (DATAR) » de la Ville où les connaissances sur le développement urbain pourraient être fédérées, où les innovations seraient recensées et où la culture de l’initiative pourrait être le sujet d’une connectivité dédiée.
The “Integrated Heating Transition Wilhelmsburg” (IW3) project has received EUR 22.5 million in funds for its goal of decentralised heating, free of CO2 and fossil fuels for existing and new buildings. Led by a consortium including HAW Hamburg, IW3 submitted an application to the German Ministry of Economics for the “Real Laboratories in the Energy Transition” in 2019 marking the …
Achieving the ambitious goals outlined in the Paris Agreement requires that investors do more than simply reduce their portfolios’ carbon footprints. This understanding was one of the key drivers behind the development of the State Street Global Advisors Sustainable Climate Strategy. Follow our Steps to Sustainability and learn how our ESG strategies could help you meet the climate change challenge.
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Sweden is pursuing a hyperlocal variation, on a national scale. A plan piloted by Swedish national innovation body Vinnova and design think tank ArkDes focuses attention on what Dan Hill, Vinnova’s director of strategic design, calls the “one-minute city.” It’s a order of magnitude smaller than other recent think-local planning conceits. While Paris works with a 15-minute radius and Barcelona’s superblocks with nine-block chunks of the city, Sweden’s project operates at the single street level, paying attention to “the space outside your front door — and that of your neighbors adjacent and opposite,” Hill says.
Since 2018, UIA has been funding 6 European cities, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Greater Manchester, Paris, Riba-roja de Tùria and Seville to implement innovative projects and adapt to climate change for a total of € 26.7 M ERDF. Currently, these projects are collecting final and interesting results to prepare the transfer of their experience as they enter their final stage of the implementation phase.
The climate crisis requires a new culture and politics, not just new tech
We are living through what scientists call the Anthropocene, a new geological age during which humans have become the dominant force shaping the natural environment. Many scientists date this new period to the post-second world war economic boom, the “great acceleration”. This rapid increase in our control over the Earth has brought us to the precipice of catastrophic climate change, triggered a mass extinction, disrupted our planet’s nitrogen cycles and acidified its oceans, among other things.
Les news du futur est un podcast réalisé par l'association Futuribles International qui traite de prospective : la sortie d'un livre, d'un rapport, l'interview d'un expert sur un sujet porteur d'avenir... bref, tout ce qui apporte un éclairage constructif sur le futur.Cet épisode est consacré à la sortie du Rapport Vigie 2020 qui présente 16 scénarios de rupture à l'horizon 2040-2050. À cette occasion, nous avons réuni plusieurs auteurs du rapport afin qu'ils nous présentent leurs scénarios.
Far from rendering cities obsolete, the pandemic has unlocked an ever-broader potential for renaissance – what the economist Joseph Schumpeter famously called 'creative destruction' on an urban scale.
INTERVIEW. A Bordeaux, l'incubateur d'innovation sociale Atis fête ses dix ans d'existence. D'un rôle précurseur en 2010, il s'est affirmé dans un paysage régional de l'économie sociale et solidaire (ESS) en plein essor et vient de sélectionner 12 nouveaux candidats. Dans un entretien à La Tribune, Elise Depecker, sa directrice depuis 2015, revient sur le rôle de l'innovation sociale, sur les défis actuels de l'ESS et sur le projet de foncière solidaire de Bordeaux Métropole.
Le Havre is known as an up-and-coming tourist hotspot in France which is on a voyage towards increased citizen participation and digitisation of public administration. Within the framework of the Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC), Caroline Maurand (local city ICC manager) explained how they are navigating the challenging waves of economic recovery while overcoming at the same time the difficulties of the pandemic.
Le Havre’s main ICC goal is to develop a roadmap for a digital transformation of the city, based on the needs and demands of actual users. It hopes to shine the spotlight on the city’s inhabitants and how they can use advanced technologies to improve their daily lives. Local city ICC manager Caroline Maurand said that this is “intimately linked to our interest in spurring innovation within our community of businesses, which we believe if given the right tools and conditions to work in, can be the source of new solutions responding to the needs of our citizens and driving the transformation of the territory as a whole.”
To strengthen Europe's knowledge base at local and regional level and to support the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) will step up its cooperation with European Commission's services in the field of research and innovation, education and culture. A new Action Plan signed between the two institutions aims to provide regions and cities with the latest data and knowledge and to help them tackle innovation divide and brain drain, address educational inequalities and deliver EU's political priorities, such as the Green Deal.
Some people know Leuven, a Belgium city of 100,000 not far from Brussels, for its beer: It’s home to both Stella Artois and the world’s largest brewer, AB InBev. Others know it for KU Leuven, one of…
Sous l’égide du collectif Cap Digital, cette concertation souhaite faire dialoguer tous les acteurs de la transformation des villes, privés comme publics, petits comme grands. Des propositions seront soumises au gouvernement avant la fin 2020.
Comment bâtir des capacités publiques adaptées au monde qui vient ? Quels chantiers de travail ouvrir, collectivement, pour appuyer la résilience de nos territoires face aux futures crises ?
C’est pour répondre à ces questions que nous avons, avec les agences Vraiment Vraiment et Partie Prenante, initié en mai dernier le projet Reflexes Publics, une enquête de terrain collaborative sur les transformations publiques par temps de crise.
There’s no better way to express our commitment to the future of Europe than to invest in research and innovation, as it will help Europe develop the next generation of clean technologies and speed up its economic recovery. This is something EU leaders should keep in mind when they meet on Friday, writes Pascal Lamy.
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