Perspectives

The net-zero commitments and actions that will flow from COP26 are likely to converge and redefine economic innovation – resetting the landscape in which decisions are taken and profits produced.

We need to take a route to decarbonisation that enables us to make progress in incremental, achievable steps. ‘low-carbon clusters’ – coherent workable units of green energy that can be connected to other solutions in time, may be the best route.

We owe it to each other to make the urban experience more inclusive. The huge challenges to cities caused by the pandemic have illustrated the need to continuously analyse what people really need and expect from their cities.