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How using cloud technology can help your organization meet sustainability goals

AWS Public Sector Blog

We lead this drive with the following aims: Match all of our electricity used in our operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of our original 2030 target. AWS will become water positive by 2030 , returning more water to communities than we use in our direct operations. million European homes.

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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

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To manage the rising urbanisation of smart cities, city planners and managers must turn to real-time data processing. By 2030 it is expected that 28% of people worldwide will live in a city with at least one million inhabitants, according to a report on urbanisation by the Government Office for Science. In England alone, 82.9%

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Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety

AWS Public Sector Blog

This is a guest post by Franz Loewenherz, the mobility planning and solutions manager for the City of Bellevue, Washington. SS4A provides new funding to support local initiatives designed to prevent transportation-related deaths and serious injuries on roads and streets. Image by City of Bellevue). W ork ing B ackwards to Vision Zero.

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Innovating for a more sustainable future: Practical examples from two Nordic organizations

AWS Public Sector Blog

Creating fossil-free postal transport and logistics In 2021, Posti Group , the leading postal and logistics service company in Finland, signed the Climate Pledge , co-founded by Amazon, and committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across their business operations by 2040.

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Google Cloud launches new sustainability offerings to help public sector agencies improve climate resilience

Google Public Sector

These offerings — Climate Insights for natural resources and Climate Insights for infrastructure — are already having an impact in the public sector and can be used to inform a multitude of use cases, including land and infrastructure management, and city and regional planning.

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How to improve security with an employee emphasis

Open Access Government - Technology News

How can the public sector improve security While public sector entities spanning education, healthcare, and transport are critical to our society’s successful day-to-day functioning, their significance makes them very attractive targets for malicious actors. The statistics speak for themselves.

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Privileged access: Understanding security inside out

Open Access Government - Technology News

From local councils to education, healthcare and transportation services, public sector entities are critical to the successful day-to-day functioning of our society. ” That’s someone who has managed to get admin credentials and then tries to make changes. Government organisations are targeted relentlessly.