New data initiative to help cities tackle climate change

Paris and C40 have teamed up to launch a new initiative that brings together start-ups, city governments and businesses, to design data-based climate change solutions.

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), a network of 91 of the world’s cities committed to tackling climate change, will partner with tech firm NUMA, to launch DataCity C40 in cities around the world. The initiative is based on data city programmes in Paris and Casablanca. DataCity Paris helped save up to 10 percent on the city’s annual street lighting electricity bill and cut greenhouse gas emissions, by analysing data on street usage to identify off-peak times where the lights can be dimmed.

"DataCity was conceived in P...