Converging Trends 2033

The late 2020s will likely be seen by future generations as the era of urban revolution. Industrial-age norms will start to fall away. Hives of vibrant, sustainable activity will grow out of the existing concrete. We will start to recognize that we are a part of – not apart from – nature. And new ideas will emerge, thrive and peacefully coexist.

The risk is that this will lead to a bifurcation between the cities that are rapidly transforming and those that are not. Find out more, including the five key factors that will separate the winners from the losers, in the full report.

In 2033, we will be in the process of pulling ourselves back from the cliff edge. There won’t have been any ‘silver bullets.’ It will have been an evolution, not a revolution – a triumph of progress over perfection. And while certain targets will have been missed, the world has begun to adapt and embrace a more regenerative, sustainable, and equitable future.

Yet there will also be many different evolutionary paths to sustainability. Find out what the next 10 years might look like and the potential impact on infrastructure players and providers in the full report.

In many ways, the world in 2033 looks a lot like it does today. People still work, they still drive on roads, and they still need electricity. What has changed is the focus. Whereas in the past, infrastructure innovation was often poorly funded, weakly adopted and scattered in its use cases, by 2033, innovation in the infrastructure sector is tightly aligned to a small number of very important priorities.

Perhaps the most important change is in governments’ ability to accelerate innovation and adoption of new models. Find out how the leading governments can do it in the full report.