Cities across Europe face housing challenges, with a lack of affordable homes a major issue. From London to Berlin, these are some of the proposed solutions.

JLL Staff Reporter · JLL Real Views 20 Jun 2019

Infrastructure

This is how Singapore is inspiring cities to solve their traffic problems

Congestion charges, toll roads and car quotas are just some of the many anti-traffic measures used by city authorities across the world.

Jovana Stanisljevic · The Conversation 12 Jun 2019

Infrastructure

Earthquakes or tiger attacks: understanding what people fear most can help prevent disasters

When it comes to risk, local people are most likely to fear things which pose an immediate threat. These perceptions of risk need to be considered when building national policies.

Hanna Ruszczyk · The Conversation 31 May 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

How Fiji is using built and natural infrastructure for climate adaptation

The people of Taiperia Village are living on the edge of land and sea, but Fiji's town councils are helping vulnerable settlements by strengthening both natural and built infrastructure.

Moushumi Chaudhury and Namrata Chand · World Resources Institute 23 May 2019

Future of Energy

This is how Copenhagen plans to go carbon-neutral by 2025

The Danish capital has committed to completely removing the city's 2 million tons of carbon footprint, even as the city continues to grow, with 100,000 new inhabitants and 20,000 jobs.

Brian Vad Mathiesen, Ida Auken, and Jens Martin Skibsted 21 May 2019

Infrastructure

The world is facing a $15 trillion infrastructure gap by 2040. Here's how to bridge it

The World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Infrastructure is meeting this year to discuss and develop new tools to help attract investment and to bring innovation into infrastruc...

Anita George, Rashad-Rudolf Kaldany, and Joseph Losavio 11 Apr 2019

Infrastructure

Light pollution: the dark side of keeping the lights on

Light pollution has a been linked to a number of negative health effects, ranging from mental health conditions to obesity.

Bernard Coetzee · The Conversation 09 Apr 2019

Infrastructure

What Fukushima's cherry trees tell us about Japan's reinvention

Dismantling and decontamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will take several decades. For many in Japan, the disaster is seen as having launched a renaissance.

Sébastien Travadel, Aurélien Portelli, and Franck Guarnieri · The Conversation 04 Apr 2019

Cities and Urbanization

Innovative urban financing can make our cities stronger

City leaders can overcome the global investment gap if they can get creative and define their urban challenges in terms of viable financial opportunities.

Robert Muggah, Okan Geray, and Kari Aina Eik 29 Mar 2019

Cybersecurity

Hackers are causing blackouts. It's time to boost our cyber resilience

A well-orchestrated cyber attack on electricity infrastructure would result in damages to households, businesses and vital institutions.

Rosa Kariger and Pierre-Alain Graf 27 Mar 2019

Middle East and North Africa

How Dubai can solve its lack of affordable housing

With a growing middle class and the demand for a more stable property market, Dubai needs a consolidated and multistakeholder strategy for affordability.

Mahmoud Hesham El Burai 27 Mar 2019

Education and Skills

Bold climate action could create millions of jobs - but we need to make sure women benefit too

Encouraging more women to study STEM subjects and seek employment in the renewable energy industry will provide a much-needed boost to both the economy and the drive to fight climate change.

Ayushi Trivedi, Ginette Walls, and Rachel Spiegel · World Resources Institute 22 Mar 2019

Future of Mobility

What the car industry has done to help fight climate change – and what it needs to do next

Car-makers have made dramatic changes to their operations in pursuit of sustainability - but customers have yet to catch up. Here's three ways countries and companies could drive demand.

Madeleine Hillyer 21 Mar 2019

Infrastructure

How electric cars could make America’s crumbling roads even worse

US fuel taxes raise more that $80 billion dollars per year and cover around 75% of road construction and maintenance costs. But how much will electric cars affect this?

Jay L. Zagorsky · The Conversation 28 Feb 2019

Cybersecurity

Overcoming the paralysis of trust management across a fractured IT landscape

The explosive growth of data is making it ever harder to ensure digital security, privacy, accountability and integrity. But companies should look to how enterprise IT tackled the issue o...

Adam Ghetti 26 Feb 2019

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