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Now, with additional city agencies providing more emergency lodging than ever before in a system that officials say is at a breaking point, monitoring the total number of people in shelter has only become more important—and more complicated.

South Africa stands at a crossroads, with the opportunity to harness the power of AI to transform its economy and society positively.

The transition to digital, decentralised and clean energy systems depends on international collaboration on data, writes the Centre for Net Zero's Lucy Yu

But ultimately, shifts in the data landscape could have a far-reaching effect for all, from giant corporations right down to the individual.

The European Commission proposing on 22 November a Forest Monitoring Law that will plug existing gaps in the information on European forests and create a comprehensive forest knowledge base, to allow Member States, forest owners and forest managers to improve their response to growing pressures on forests and strengthen forest resilience.

Two years ago, the city declared a climate emergency. Since then, the city has made little progress on emissions reduction targets.

Two years ago, the city declared a climate emergency. Since then, the city has made little progress on emissions reduction targets.

The MIT Libraries and the MIT School of Science awarded the MIT Prize for Open Data to 10 individual and group projects by MIT-affiliated researchers. Winners each presented short talks on their research and the role of open data.

The central city of Danang will be honoured with a Vietnam Smart City Award for the fourth consecutive year at the end of this month.

Rebecca Cai’s appointment as the first chief data officer for Hawai‘i’s Office of Enterprise Technology Services marks a significant step towards evidence-based policymaking.