Paris: A city without air pollution

The French capital is taking a series of steps to become carbon neutral by 2050

Flexible City Trial Runs

Melbourne, New York, Adelaide: pioneering ideas to prepare for the future

Saving America from water risk

The United States needs to invest $1 trillion in the next 25 years

The Middle East and North Africa: the spectre of drought

Desalination treatment that makes sea water drinkable is the hope for the future

Cities that float on the sea

From French Polynesia to Monte Carlo, work is underway to build cities in the middle of the sea

China: another $60 billion for Africa

China’s President Xi Jinping announces a new three-year investment plan for development and infrastructure

The boom of megacities

Populations the size of a country in areas lacking basic infrastructure: the dilemma of the megacity

NASA: Five billion people face risk of water shortage

Water supply has become the challenge of the century

The future of infrastructure: work

The future of infrastructure will have a mix of skill, know-how and technology