According to the IEA, even thought the world’s economy grew in 2016, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions remained constant. This is the third year in a row of “decoupled emissions”, economic growth that did not generate […]
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that specifically targets open access to geospatial information. It intends to do this by nullifying a regulation under the Civil Rights Act of 1968 […]
At the CG/LA Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum Dan Slane, the director responsible for infrastructure in the Trump Transition Team, described his report which he completed and delivered January 20 this year. In his view the […]
The development, integration, and distribution of the information and spatial data infrastructure necessary to support the vision and goals of a digital Earth will occur in a distributed fashion, in very diverse technological, institutional, socio-cultural, […]
The 2017 ASCE Infrastructure Scorecard has been released this morning. Grades for seven categories of infrastructure – Hazardous Waste, Inland Waterways, Levees, Ports, Rail, Schools, and Wastewater – improved slightly. The grades for three categories […]
The CG/LA Infrastructure Leadership Forum in Montreal has provided a fascinating glimpse into what is happening around the world in infrastructure from a technology, financing, and business model perspective. From 50,000 feet the big item […]
Nearly half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. In 2015, there were roughly 212 million malaria cases and an estimated 429 000 malaria deaths. On Thursday, March 3rd 2016, a world-record humanitarian […]
The CG/LA Infrastructure Leadership Forum in Montreal has provided a fascinating glimpse into what is happening around the world in infrastructure from a technology, financing, and business model perspective. . From 50,000 feet the big […]