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🚀 StateUp's November Newsletter is Live! ➡ Inside this issue: 🌍 COP29 Azerbaijan Insights 🤝 The importance of policy & insurance collaboration to mitigate risks in renewable energy investments. 🇫🇷 Tanya Filer and Cristina Peñasco's Op-Ed for Le Monde on reason to push for an inclusive green growth agenda as an answer France's current challenges. #COP29 #ClimateFinance #Renewableenergy

In an op-ed for the French newspaper Le Monde, Tanya Filer and Banque de France economist Cristina Peñasco argue that a green growth agenda can unite a country in political turmoil. Read the article here (in French): https://lnkd.in/eHy3dEcx #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #GreenTechnology 

"If we want to support people who are most affected by climate change, we need to start by involving them to understand their dilemmas, connect these with decision-makers who can help with local solutions, informed by global expertise." Stijn Aelbers Senior Humanitarian Advisor at Internews in a recent article about the critical importance of amplifying the voices of communities living on the frontline of the climate crisis, a key theme of our report Silent Crisis cited in the article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eixPf_MC Stephanie Diepeveen Tanya Filer Eszter Czibor Leila Molana-Allen

➡ Read and subscribe to StateUp's monthly newsletter, now on LinkedIn, sharing ideas and intelligence for the twin tech and green transitions. #climate #technology #Innovation #decarbonization

Read Tanya Filer and Chloe Chadwick's latest piece for the World Economic Forum on digital technologies and how they can help cities overcome today's most complex challenges -> https://lnkd.in/euZqs_yh

🌍 StateUp experts on the critical need for cross-border and regional cooperation on energy and water resources in MENA As the MENA region grapples with climate-induced risks that are predicted to feed and exacerbate conflicts, there’s a critical need to prioritize cross-border and regional cooperation on innovation, clean energy, and water resources. In their latest article, StateUp’s Tanya Filer and Michael Gilmont discuss how data sharing for risk management and resource planning is essential to navigating these challenges. They also highlight the importance of innovative, forward-thinking foreign and domestic policies to ensure resilience and stability in the face of climate change. 🔗 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/epMU7yYd #Climate #Innovation #MENA #Renewableenergy #StateUp #Sustainability

With August coming to an end, so is our series of city stories, highlighting case studies of cities around the world that are pioneering public purpose innovation. These stories draw inspiration from our latest joint research by Visa Government Solutions, Resilient Cities Network, and StateUp: “Cities That Thrive: Public Financial Innovation as a Catalyst for Urban Resilience.” The City of Athens, Greece has faced a very challenging summer, with extreme heat and dramatic wildfires underscoring the urgent need for resilient urban spaces. As the first city in Europe to appoint a Chief Heat Officer, Athens has taken a leading and innovative role in tackling the risks associated with extreme temperatures and climate change. At the heart of Athens' public awareness strategy, is the innovative EXTREMA app, which provides real-time, personalized risk assessments for residents and visitors during heatwaves. The app leverages real-time satellite data, GIS technology, and other city-specific data to evaluate the temperature, humidity, and discomfort index for every square kilometer in the city. By integrating these data sources with key user data, the app offers precise information on personal risk levels, safety advice, and guides users to the nearest cooling spaces and recommends cool walking routes. It also supports multiple user profiles, allowing residents to monitor the safety of vulnerable populations, such as children or elderly relatives. Further advancing its use of data and evidence, Athens has developed a pioneering heatwave categorization system, in collaboration with the National Observatory of Athens, the Arsht-Rock Resilience Center, and other international cities. This system categorizes heatwaves by threat level—similar to hurricane warnings—using an algorithm that analyzes two decades of historical weather data and mortality rates. This categorization provides residents with critical insights into the potential dangers of an upcoming heatwave, tailored to their specific location within the city. Through its commitment to data, evidence, and digital innovation, Athens is setting a strong example for how cities can enhance their resilience and safeguard their communities in the face of climate change. How is your city using data and digital tools to strengthen its resilience? We’d love to hear your insights and experiences! Read the full report by Visa Government Solutions, Resilient Cities Network, and StateUp: “Cities That Thrive: Public Financial Innovation as a Catalyst for Urban Resilience” Here: https://lnkd.in/eb6v_buf #CitiesThatThrive #CoolAthens #UrbanResilience #HeatSafety #ClimateChange

Exciting News! 🚀 We're thrilled to share that our Founder and CEO, Tanya Filer, recently joined the Urban Exchange podcast, hosted by Resilient Cities Network and SmartCitiesWorld. In this insightful episode, Tanya, along with Lynette Lim and Daniel Sullivan from the City of Cape Town, dived deep into the transformative role of digital transitions and public financial innovation in shaping the future of our cities. 🌍 Key Takeaways: ↗ Bridging the Digital Divide: Addressing the gap in leveraging technology to deliver enhanced services, foster inclusive growth, and ensure digital equity across all sectors. ↗ Fortifying Cities Against Uncertainty: How digitalization and public financial innovation can empower city governments to navigate complex challenges and build resilient communities. ↗ Insights from the latest, StateUp, Resilient Cities Network and Visa Government Solutions report “Cities That Thrive: Public Financial Innovation as a Catalyst for Urban Resilience,” we discuss strategies for cities to harness financial technologies as part of the Future Ready Cities program. 🎙️ Listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/gFRVeQe8 🔍 Explore the full report: "Cities That Thrive: Public Financial Innovation as a Catalyst for Urban Resilience": https://lnkd.in/ehZCaPJu #UrbanResilience #DigitalTransformation #GreenTech #InclusiveGrowth #PublicFinancialTechnologies #Innovation #StateUp  

Continuing our series of city stories from around the world, we now turn to the City of Cape Town, distinguished by the LKY World City Prize with a special mention at this year’s World Cities Summit, for its ground-breaking use of data for crisis response.  In addition to rapid urbanisation straining resources and infrastructure, Cape Town also faced an extreme multi-year drought, causing an unprecedented water crisis. To address this and other challenges, Cape Town broke down the silos between its data science and resilience teams and started exploring how municipal and other datasets could be used to identify vulnerabilities, inform crisis response and communicate efficiently with residents. It developed the “Water Dashboard”, informed by real-time and open data on water levels, as a crucial tool in the city’s ‘Day Zero’ campaign to raise public awareness and encourage the adoption of more responsible water usage behaviour, contributing to reducing water consumption by 57%. Furthermore, the “Social Vulnerability” and “Economic Nodes” indices were used to identify vulnerable citizens and guide targeted responses. With these groundbreaking approaches and policies already in place, the city was able to respond to the Covid-19 crisis with the “Covid Vulnerability Viewer” identifying infection risks, guiding public health interventions, and supporting vulnerable areas economically and socially. The prospect of drought and water scarcity is looming over many cities around the world, from London to Mexico City. Cape Town’s story opens up a conversation about how a daring vision, and bringing together different fields of expertise, can generate good policies and garner public trust and participation. How is your city using technology to improve resilience and crisis management? Share your insights and experiences! Read here the full report by Visa Government Solutions, Resilient Cities Network and StateUp “Cities That Thrive: Public Financial Innovation as a Catalyst for Urban Resilience”: https://lnkd.in/eb6v_buf #CitiesThatThrive #CapeTown #PublicFinancialInnovation

We’re starting a series of city stories, sharing case studies of cities from around the world that lead the way in fostering public purpose innovation that address place-specific needs yet can serve as models for localities around the world. These stories are inspired by our latest joint Visa Government Solutions, Resilient Cities Network and StateUp research “Cities That Thrive: Public Financial Innovation as a Catalyst for Urban Resilience”. Mexico City's "Mi Beca para Empezar" program is a powerful example of Public Financial Innovation (PFI) in action. By providing financial scholarships and aid through digital disbursements, CDMX ensures that funds are used effectively for education, benefiting students and the local economy. The program consists of three components: a monthly financial scholarship, financial aid to cover school supplies and uniforms, and medical insurance. The city provides these benefits through a physical card issued to students, as well as a mobile application that parents of enrolled schoolchildren can download. Payments are limited to specific items, ensuring the scholarship is spent on education-related outcomes. Many shops are eligible to receive payments via the program, including micro-SMBs, thus contributing to the resilience of hyperlocal economies across the city. In the future, aggregated, anonymized spending data from the program could also be used to inform public policy decision-making This initiative not only supports educational outcomes but also strengthens economic resilience by contributing to local economies. How is your city using data to support economic resilience and recovery? Let’s discuss the innovative ways data is transforming urban governance! Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eb6v_buf #CitiesThatThrive #CDMX #PublicFinancialInnovation