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Food, Water and Clean Air

What Puri reveals about safer urban water systems in India

May 08, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

Why measuring material emissions is key to cutting carbon in the built environment

May 06, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Are AI-driven cities optimizing for the wrong outcomes?

May 05, 2026

Why data centres are reshaping resilience and cybersecurity for critical infrastructure

May 05, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

The cities on the frontline of the water crisis – and other urban transformation stories to read this month

Apr 29, 2026

Climate Action and Waste Reduction

How Japan is building resilience through innovation in the green materials sector

Apr 16, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

How cities are turning urban complexity into coherent climate plans

Apr 07, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

Asian cities adapt to war in the Middle East – and other urban transformation stories to read

Apr 07, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Why the AI economy can’t rely on a single digital Suez

Apr 01, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Why AI and data centre growth risks stalling without a social licence to operate

Mar 30, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

A $106 trillion challenge: How private investors can help build the infrastructure the world needs

Mar 23, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

As cooling needs rise, we must accelerate sustainable buildings in the tropics

Mar 16, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

How Cape Town is addressing the hidden urban and human costs of on-demand delivery

Mar 03, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

How buildings can start solving energy security as power demands surge

Mar 03, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

Winter Olympics boost – and other urban transformation stories to read

Feb 27, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

What is light construction and how can it drive more adaptable, sustainable building?

Feb 18, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

How human-centred physical AI will be key to transforming cities

Feb 17, 2026

Local Economies

Lessons from Davos 2026: What global turbulence means for local economies

Jan 27, 2026

Economic Growth

How ‘patient capital’ can unlock the next wave of global growth

Jan 21, 2026

Built Environment and Infrastructure

Brazil's restoration industry could power the global bioeconomy

Jan 20, 2026

Food, Water and Clean Air

How food systems innovation can enable healthier, more resilient cities

Jan 19, 2026

Resilience, Peace and Security

Industrial AI has the power to transform disaster response, but only if we work together

Jan 19, 2026

Economic Growth

How tourism can be a strategic asset for global stability, growth and trust

Jan 16, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

Enhancing AI digital infrastructure within planetary boundaries

Jan 16, 2026

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