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5 Strategies for Developing a Local Green Jobs Plan

NLC (National League of Cities)

If bold climate action is taken by 2030, U.S. cities could create nearly 20 million sustainable jobs, of which most would be developed within cities themselves. Historic federal funding in a cleaner, more resilient economy coupled with global pressure to act necessitates a climate-ready workforce.

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To Meet 2030 Targets, Cities Need Systems Change

The City Fix

Cities are not just places where people live—they are interconnected networks of people, services and economic activity. A city is a system of systems, bringing together transportation, energy, buildings, water, waste management and more. Transforming these interconnected systems is vital.

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The software market: 4 trends in custom enterprise software development

Open Access Government - Technology News

Here we dive into emerging technologies that custom enterprise software developers use to keep solutions up-to-date and efficient The continuous growth of the enterprise application market, even in recession periods, is the main evidence that software solutions have become essential for companies’ operational efficiency and profitability.

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Overcoming Risk Aversion to Accelerate Green Investments: Lessons from Mexico, Brazil and India

The City Fix

By 2030, cities will house approximately 60% of the world’s population and already more than one in three urban dwellers lack access to at least one core service like reliable energy, clean water or affordable housing. Green, sustainable infrastructure, including. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Analysis: Mainframe migration can save US federal government estimated $1B by 2030

AWS Public Sector Blog

AWS Cloud Economics : The first steps in beginning a mainframe migration journey is to develop a business case. The AWS CE team is a complementary resource that works with your team to develop a business case for a migration leveraging the AWS Cloud Value Framework and its five pillars (displayed in Figure 1).

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Helping micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises make economic and societal impacts with cloud technologies

AWS Public Sector Blog

million jobs by 2030, equivalent to 8% of the total employment on average across the 12 countries studied. These MSMEs also account for 99% of all companies, 70% of all jobs, and 60% of the gross domestic product (GDP) on average across Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.

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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

Open Access Government - Technology News

By 2030 it is expected that 28% of people worldwide will live in a city with at least one million inhabitants, according to a report on urbanisation by the Government Office for Science. However, these applications will not operate smoothly unless IoT-based strategies for developing smart cities have a database as their foundation.