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Editorial
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Our Smart Cities Marketplace July newsletter always makes us wonder about summer holidays.
But the flash floods have taken our breath away – from Switzerland to Germany, Belgium to the Netherlands, people have lost their homes, and some even their neighbours. They have been confronted with a force of nature that has been previously unknown to these parts of the world – so talking about summer holidays seems a bid trivial now.
Entire streets were devastated in the village of Hohenlimburg, Germany. The fire brigade evacuated people from their homes in South Limburg, the Netherlands. The Reuss River in Lucerne, Switzerland, broke its banks and floods in particular in the spa town of Spa (Belgium) lead to the evacuation of hundreds of inhabitants.
To close the circle one of the major tasks of the Smart Cities Movement is to consider adaptation to climate change as a key element of urban planning as well as urban reconstruction. Adaptation to floods as well as heat (Greetings from Canada & California) need to become part of a Smart City’s DNA – to enable its citizens to have a save and prosperous life.
Your sorrowful Smart Cities Marketplace team
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Events
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Explore: Nordic Edge Expo
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The 7th edition of Nordic Edge Expo will be hybrid in 2021. With this year’s theme “It’s tomorrow” the Nordic Edge Expo as the leading smart cities event in the Nordics will focus on the topics “Come Clean”, “Life Actually”, “On the Move” and “Spaces and Places”. Each day starts with a 2-hour live TV broadcast and there will be 6 exclusive sessions each day related to the different topics.
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20/09/2021 - 23/09/2021
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Explore: Sonderborg Climate Neutrality Conference
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This 2-day international conference is taking place online and will give an overview of the current state of the art measures to achieve climate neutrality, closely linked to the results of SmartEnCity project. The 2nd day will be a virtual tour to the SmartEnCity demo sites Vitoria-Gasteiz, Tartu, and Sonderborg.
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28/09/2021 - 29/09/2021
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Explore: EU Week of Regions and Cities 2021
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The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. The Smart Cities Marketplace will take place with a virtual stand and an exhibitor’s pitch on 14 October 12:30 CEST.
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11/10/2021 - 14/10/2021
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Explore: EU Sustainable Energy Week 2021
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The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) will once again be held this year as a digital event, with more opportunities to connect, engage, network, and reflect on the biggest issues in clean energy in Europe and beyond.
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25/10/2021 - 29/10/2021
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Explore: UN Climate Change Conference COP26
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From November 1st until November 12th, the COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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01/11/2021 - 12/11/2021
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Smart Cities Marketplace. An initiative of the European Commission. Contact us under info@eu-smartcities.eu
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Photo credits in order of appearance: Unsplash (Jacobs Owens), Steinbeis 2i GmbH, Pexels, Th!nk E (Agata Smok), freepik, Eurisy, Th!nk E (Agata Smok), Unsplash (Ferdinand Stöhr), EthicalGEO, HeatriCity, SmartEnCity, RESPONSE and +CityxChange
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