Smart cities: The future of sustainable living

摘要

It is a no brainer at this point: improving sustainability in urban environments has a positive impact on regional carbon dependency and supports community adaptation to climate change. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2014 Mitigation of Climate Change report indicated, cities consume somewhere between two-thirds and three-quarters of total global energy and generate 75% of global carbon emissions. As a result, city leaders worldwide are increasingly championing the movement toward more sustainable communities and using technology as a vehicle to do so.