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
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
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
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
How to build smarter and more sustainable infrastructure There is a growing need to transform how infrastructure is planned, delivered and managed as urbanization, digitalization and climate change increasingly impact the world In this environment, developing more sustainable infrastructure will require a change in how construction projects are planned, delivered and managed
Why we must invest in sustainable infrastructure Infrastructure forms the backbone of modern economies but there is an estimated $15 trillion infrastructure investment gap until 2040 Private capital is critical to closing this gap but institutional investors allocate an average of only 5% of their portfolios to infrastructure
Overcoming one of the biggest barriers to scaling EVs | World Economic . . . Many future EV drivers will not have access to private parking for charger installation, Scaling Investment in EV Charging Infrastructure: A Policy Roadmap for Cities points out For example, in the US, just 48% of people have access to off-street parking where a charger could be installed It is a similar situation in the European Union
These economies have the best infrastructure | World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests
The world is facing a $15 trillion infrastructure gap by 2040. Heres . . . Private investment is a well-trodden path for financing infrastructure development With government funds increasingly squeezed to pay for things like healthcare, education and pension obligations, turning to the private sector to fund some infrastructure projects will be essential, now more than ever
Why AI infrastructure and governance must evolve together Infrastructure demands will diverge significantly as AI systems become more complex, spanning general-purpose foundation models and domain-specific deployments Governance frameworks must be flexible enough to accommodate these variations without compromising sustainability goals