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- 5 futures of infrastructure: What will we build by 2100?
The infrastructure investment gap continues to widen as more funding is redirected towards defence and artificial intelligence (AI) Meanwhile, deferred maintenance costs escalate and ageing infrastructure becomes increasingly unsafe Strategic materials shortages Shortages of strategic materials may slow down decarbonization efforts
- 4 big infrastructure trends to build a sustainable world
While infrastructure is largely publicly funded, private sector financing has played a prominent role in infrastructure development, filling the gap where governments cannot With governments prioritising COVID-related budget expenditures, they will likely start exploring ways to draw more private financing into infrastructure development
- Unleashing the Full Potential of Industrial Clusters: Infrastructure . . .
This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment
- Digital public infrastructure is key to a connected future
Preparing data infrastructure for quantum computing advancements that will require new security and processing paradigms Without an intentional, future-oriented approach to DPI, societies risk falling behind in the digital transformation race, exacerbating existing inequalities and inefficiencies
- Green and blue infrastructure can make cities more resilient
'Grey' infrastructure – sea walls, levees, flood pumps and drainage tunnels – is increasingly being pushed beyond its limits Research shows that 'green' and 'blue' infrastructure - urban parks, wetlands, bioswales and water plazas - mitigate physical risks and foster the social cohesion critical to surviving and recovering from crises
- What is the US infrastructure bill? An expert explains
President Joe Biden has signed into law the $1 trillion infrastructure bill The ‘monumental’ bill promises vital investment in areas from roads, bridges and trains to broadband access and clean drinking water Here, infrastructure expert Joel Moser talks about what the bill could achieve
- Closing the global infrastructure investment gap
The World Economic Forum is fostering new approaches to infrastructure investment by maximizing private-sector investment in infrastructure This is being done by connecting multilateral development banks and governments with institutional investors such as banks, pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers and sovereign funds
- Public AI infrastructure: What is it, do we need it and will it ever be . . .
But with 21-century digital services—think social media, cloud computing, online publishing, AI—things become infrastructure faster than the government can get its socks on 1 The internet makes access to the thing almost ubiquitous The price of the thing often starts at zero (aside from the hidden price of providing your personal data)
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