EU Climate Law 2040
The EU is set to introduce a new Climate Law in spring. This will set a course of CO2 targets through to the Year 2040. It will have a [...]
Digitally Transforming Africa
Africa, a continent of nearly 1.5 billion people, with a nominal GDP of US$2.82 trillion and a PPP-equivalent GDP of US$10.77 trillion, is one of the fastest growing global [...]
Americas: IoT Public Policy Index
Mexico has passed legislation to free major energy companies to work more closely with private companies and enter joint ventures. The Uruguayan government and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute IAO are [...]
East Asia: IoT Public Policy Index
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has selected Japanese company NearMe to provide AI for a pilot ride-sharing demonstrator. The city of Toyama, capital of the Toyama [...]
Middle East/Africa: IoT Public Policy Index
Amman, capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, is holding a series of workshops to plan greater urban resilience and advance its status as a smart city. South Africa is [...]
Europe: IoT Public Policy Index
The European Commission has published its Clean Industrial Deal to decarbonise industry and reduce energy costs for industry and consumers. The United Kingdom and Ireland will collaborate on smart [...]
EU €200bn AI fund, drops Liability Directive
The European Union is planning to invest €50 billion in development of AI. The sum was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in February. The new [...]
US announces AI Data Centre Initiative
A day after becoming President, Donald Trump announced the Stargate Project, a multinational joint venture that plans on investing $500 billion to build ten AI data centres in Texas. [...]
White House launches IoT Cyber Trust Scheme
The White House on January 8th announced the formal launch of the US Cyber Trust Mark, a national cyber security label for IoT devices. The US Cyber Trust Mark [...]
Transforming Brazil’s industries
In September 2024, Brazil’s President Lula formerly launched the country’s industrial digital transformation programme. The president, accompanied by the country’s vice president and 12 other Brazilian government ministers, announced [...]
GCF and IMC to evaluate IoT security certification
The IoT M2M Council (IMC) is teaming up with the Global Certification Forum (GCF), the global industry organisation focused on certification programmes for mobile and IoT devices. The two [...]
UK aims for national joined-up mass transit
The UK government has announced its intention to create a new transport strategy for England. The new strategy will connect up separate transport services and provide unified and joined-up [...]
