Anu Devi

Cities often have sizeable budgets than can be strategically leveraged against issues like climate change. Innovation-friendly procurement in city budgets holds real potential. The G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance has developed two new resources for city officials to take action now.

Adaptive reuse is a well-established practice that repurposes existing assets within the built environment for new uses, blending architectural heritage with modern needs. Faced with rising climate risks and growing resource constraints, cities are turning to adaptive reuse as a powerful strategy to reduce waste, cut emissions and enhance circular economy principles in the built environment.

96 de cada 100 alcaldes y funcionarios municipales han expresado su interés por explorar las posibles aplicaciones de la inteligencia artificial generativa (GenAI), más que implementarla activamente. Esta fase exploratoria es una oportunidad para comprender los mejores casos de uso y los riesgos de GenAI. Una revisión inicial del panorama muestra que varias ciudades de Norteamérica y Europa están estableciendo políticas de GenAI que cubren temas fundamentales de gobernanza tecnológica.