The future of cities through smart technologies consists of a yester-year clause already and an ongoing process right now in most of the large urban centers of the globe. Technologists and citizens are united, working together towards intelligent tech in order to tackle problems and create new ways of living well. Everyone agrees that we all know who to address and what we need to achieve in terms of smart living inside the town or city. The transition to the final function, image and infrastructure of the city grid though, remains the tricky bit we need to follow carefully: the pace or rate of transition that allows the radical solutions we so need, in an less scraping-all-from-the map way. Thus said, complete re-invention of quarters from scratch, can and will impose total demolition of some of the existing networks, buildings, paths, machines, methods, practises. Promises for a more fluid transformation until 2040 will definitely aggravate the non-so-light-decision to erase artefacts of previous decades for good, in order to replace them with holistic solutions, ready to comply with the A-Z of the future dense landscape of digital services. Amendments will not be always possible: additions, extensions or temporary "patches" to all products of material culture, some of which are unable by birth to transform easily into a total digitalization environment and certainly unkeen to adopt to net zero emissions protocols in less than 2 decades time.
Climate-wise, the latter has been the top subject of the list to begin with in this year's edition of Smart Cities Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. Currently, around 55% of the world's population lives in cities, and this number is predicted to reach nearly 70% by 2050. This presents significant challenges in terms of managing resources, processes and infrastructures in urban spaces, in order to respond increasing population density and safeguarding the quality of life of all inhabitants. However, this also means that cities – and, as such, their management – play an increasingly important role in fighting climate change repercussions. It was in this context that João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister of Environment and Climate Action, opened the first day of the Portugal's Smart Cities Summit 2021, taking place last week.
“Days after the COP 26 Summit in Glasgow on climate – the most important since the Paris agreement, in which each party would have to present itself as more ambitious in its decarbonisation goals – the importance of cities becomes very evident- it is of vital importance to achieve those climate goals”, emphasizes the Minister.
“It is now essential that every city wants to be famous for its commitment to the climate, to its citizens and to transforming life in their cities towards a carbon neutral society that regenerates resources, creates well-being, generate wealth and make the economy grow – not only inside but also outside walls”.
"Only cities and local authorities have the capacity to bridge the gap between the obligation to combat climate change and the need for this transition to be just, without leaving anyone behind, and choosing the right policies for urban territories", concludes the Minister of Environment and Climate Action.
Production in all sectors, from basic commodities, fashion, furniture et al. to Fine Art will go through major remapping as well. As an example, SAP announced the availability of SAP Responsible Design and Production, a solution that allows you to design products sustainably and transition to a circular economy. This is the latest offering in a growing portfolio of sustainability-specific software applications that help companies increase their measurement and data management capabilities. As corporate sustainability regulations such as plastic taxes are introduced, the SAP Responsible Design and Production solution enables brands to accelerate their transition to Circular Economy business practices. The SRDP helps companies gain better visibility into material flow throughout their processes, including tracking and enforcing constantly-updating regulations, especially those relating to product packaging and plastics. With the growing development of sustainable products by companies, the management of materials and regulatory data is one of the most complex challenges in today's consumer industry. There is inherent complexity in designing products that eliminate waste and use responsible materials, but the SAP Responsible Design and Production platform- native in Cloud, co-developed with Accenture and based on the SAP Business Technology- addresses these perplexities and offers the ideal, customized solution to customers, helping them to make circular products available and achieve a regenerative economy.
Check out our top selection of most noteworthy startups in the exhibition area of PSCS 2021, covering a wide spectum of facilities regarding intelligent systems for energy, security, crisis prevention, governance, architecture and design:
Until next year's show, stay well and be smart in & out your home, town or city.
Best wishes
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