In 2023, tech leaders should review their vendors well in advance of upcoming renewal cycles and build contingency plans accounting for software-as-a-service (SaaS) failures, spinouts, and product retirements.
Forrester
Failure to achieve the energy efficiency targets for in industry and buildings, i.e. to reduce energy consumption by 5.3 Mtoe (222 million GJ), as stipulated in the National Energy and Climate Plan will entail an additional annual cost that will reach PLN 11 billion by 2030.
Should the FDA approve BiovitalsHF, Biofourmis plans to build a virtual heart failure clinic.
Modern Healthcare
IFC and MIGA will scale up their green building business, both through direct financing and de-risking of asset owners, and by increasing the use of green mortgages and green construction finance through financial intermediaries.
World Bank
Unlike California, which is targeting 100% climate-friendly electricity by 2045, Texas has no requirements to phase out fossil fuels.
Governing
A failure to adopt a more joined-up approach to planning the UK's towns and cities will make it impossible to meet the challenges of climate change, population growth and environmental risks over the coming decades.
Royal Town Planning Institute,
Over the next 15 years, an estimated US$ 80-90 trillion is expected to be invested globally in new infrastructure for energy, transport, telecommunications, water supply and sanitation.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
A failure to upgrade toilets could damage the reputation of China's tourism industry.
NY Times
A better understanding by national governments of the net costs of the current model of urban development could help countries and cities to identify more optimal urban expansion pathways.
New Climate Economy
