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Smart, safe and sustainable cycling: how AI-powered insights will encourage the next generation

Open Access Government - Technology News

It’s an initiative that echoes the necessity for our streets to be cycle friendly , forming part of the wider aim of creating smarter, safer and more sustainable towns and cities, says Mark Nicholson, Chief Executive Officer, VivaCity. For this to succeed, we need AI-powered data to deliver smart, safe and sustainable cycling.

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. How they carry out that duty, therefore, can affect whether they can achieve their sustainable development goals.” Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.

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Your Patrons Are Not Goldfish! The Powerful, Scientifically Proven Reason Why Your Library Should Aim To Hold the Sustained Attention of Your Community

Super Library Marketing

Then there is sustained attention. We use sustained attention when we binge-watch an entire season of Stranger Things in a single day, read a good book cover to cover in one sitting, or attend a concert, play, or sporting event. Sustained attention is where great experiences are found. It is where real connections are made.

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Reflections post COP29: The landscape has shifted—are you adapting fast enough?

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

After COP29, as everyone looks ahead to 2025, the outlook on sustainability and related investments is not straightforward. This article captures reflections from our discussions in and around COP29 and some views on the path ahead.

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Facility Maintenance Trends for 2024: What's Changing in the Industry?

This comprehensive article delves into the transformative trends reshaping local government facility maintenance in anticipation of 2024. From embracing smart technology for efficient management, sustainability's pivotal role to data-driven decision-making, workforce upskilling, and predictive maintenance strategies, each aspect is explored.

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Building NHM London’s Planetary Knowledge Base with Amazon Neptune and the Registry of Open Data on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

For more on this topic, check out the AWS re:Invent 2023 session on Building next-generation sustainability workloads with open data (SUS304). Qianqian Gu, Ben Scott, and Vincent Smith from the NHM’s Life Sciences, Diversity and Informatics Division have prototyped a method for using KG and GNN.

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Sustainability and Resilience: Not Quite the Perfect Relationship

Meeting of the Minds

People seem frequently to assume that the terms “sustainability” and “resilience” are synonyms, an impression reinforced by the frequent use of the term “climate resilience”, which seems to enmesh both concepts firmly.