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Newsroom – CFS: First ‘Parliamentary Friends of Cities’ launched to champion Australia’s urban future
Source: Newsroom – CFS Author: Matt Levinson Date published: 2025-10-13 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The first ever ‘Parliamentary Friends of Cities’ will be launched today, a multi-partisan group to advance long-term, place-based urban...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Manchester sets out climate action plan for next five years
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-10-13 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The UK city of Manchester has brought forward its co-ordinated plans to tackle climate change over the next five...
Local Economies (UK): Defence Offsets: FDI’s Secret Weapon?
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: Adam Breeze Date published: 2025-10-09 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The UK’s new Defence Industrial Strategy was published in September, with a headline commitment to increase defence spending to 3%....
SmartCitiesWorld News: The risk of cities not investing in resilience
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-10-09 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The risk of cities not investing in resilienceThe report highlights several existing pathways that cities have...
Bloomberg CityLab: The Secret to Vancouver’s Public Transit Ridership Recovery
Source: Bloomberg CityLab Author: David Zipper Date published: 2025-10-09 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Across North America, transit agencies have struggled to match the passenger counts they posted prior to Covid, in large part due to...
www.manchester.gov.uk News Stories: Climate Change: Plans set out what Manchester has to do in the next five years
Source: www.manchester.gov.uk News Stories Author: unknown Date published: 2025-10-08 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Both the city as a whole and the Council as an organisation are on a mission to reduce the amount of carbon, the biggest...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Toronto celebrates public wifi milestone
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-10-08 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] City of Toronto has reached a milestone in the City’s work to close the digital divide with free, City-provided...
Local Economies (UK): Rust or revolution? Britain’s ageing wind turbines near pivotal moment
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: Finley Becks-Phelps Date published: 2025-10-08 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The UK is nearing a crossroads at which it will either begin shedding wind power capacity it cannot afford to lose, or grasp...
Mayor’s press releases: More than 1.4 million attended world’s biggest women’s sporting events in London this year
Source: Mayor's press releases Author: 2025-10-02T12:28:45+0100 Date published: 2025-10-08 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Over 1.4 million fans have flocked to London this year to see women’s sport in the capital The Women’s Rugby World...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Cycling in Glasgow soars as active travel network expands
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-10-07 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Glasgow has recorded 4.65 million cycling trips between January and August this year, a 43 per cent increase...
Copenhagen Capacity News and Events: Copenhagen Capacity has received four nominations at the 2025 City Nation Place Awards!
Source: Copenhagen Capacity News and Events Author: unknown Date published: 2025-10-06 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Copenhagen Capacity has been shortlisted as a finalist in all four categories submitted to the 2025 City Nation Place...
Economic Innovation Group: Trump’s H-1B visa bombshell: What comes next
Source: Economic Innovation Group Author: Stephen Leverton Date published: 2025-10-06 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The post Trump’s H-1B visa bombshell: What comes next appeared first on Economic Innovation Group. View original article...