Fighting the heat with green corridors, Medellín, Colombia (+VIDEO)
Cyclists, pedestrians and residents have more shade, less sweltering neighbourhoods and cleaner air to breathe.
An inclusive promenade in Sochi
A versatile and cosy cabin to accommodate different times of the day, times of the year and moods.
«The future is human»: Ronan Vaspart, MIPIM’s director.
We talked with the director of the Marché International des Professionnels de l'Immobilier, or MIPIM, the international real estate fair for the office, residential, retail, health, sports, logistics and industrial sectors, which takes place annually in March in Cannes, France. Ronan Vaspart tells us about the approach that will guide what will be the 31st edition of the fair, in 2020, and that it will have as its motto "The future is human". “The Future is Human tries to ensure that people - humans - remain at the centre of our business (...), and how to take care of their [...]
The UN plans for 83 trillions euros to be used in sustainable infrastructures until 2030.
"The world needs to intensify its efforts (...) to contain climate change in the magnitudes dictated by science —as much as 1.5º Celsius— ", said the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, during the opening of the Climate Action Summit, held in New York last September. "The road we are taking at this moment faces a global warming of at least 3º Celsius by the end of the century," he added, and concluded: "This is not a Climate Negotiation Summit; you cannot negotiate with nature; This is a Climate Action Summit». About 2,000 cities were represented among the main actors of [...]
The five fastest growing airports in the world.
8,8 billion people (or 1.14 times the world population) passed through an airport in 2018, in one of the 99.9 million aircraft movements, according to the latest report published by the Airports Council International (ACI). The obtained figures represent a year-on-year increase of 6.4% in global airport traffic. In absolute terms, the airport with the most passenger traffic in the world remains (for 21 consecutive years) Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, with more than 107 million passengers. It is followed by Beijing Capital’s International Airport, with 100.9 million travellers, Dubai’s International Airport, with 89.1 million passengers, fourth is Los Angeles airport, [...]