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WHAT'S NEXT?: 65 per cent of global construction growth for the next decade will happen in emerging markets. Smart cities, sustainable construction, greater urbanization and pre-fabricated buildings will all play their part in future construction growth.

[New] As we need to build 10,000+ buildings a day to cater for a 10 billion world population by 2050, and building and construction represent almost 40% of all carbon emissions, there is a clear case for using timber in greater proportions.
[New] Demand for private LTE/5G networks will grow over the next five years but enterprise spend on private LTE/5G networks will build slowly because there are important challenges to address.
[New] VMware, Inc has unveiled a new cloud solution that will help increase visibility, enable compliance, and enhance security for containerised applications from build to production.
[New] There are other maritime services within Malaysian waters with larger market opportunities and lower entry cost that local players can participate in and build up capabilities to compete.
[New] The EU, America, Japan, China, India, Russia and South Korea are jointly building a 23,000-ton, 500-megawatt experimental fusion reactor in France that is likely to cost more than $30bn and with first plasma experiments scheduled for 2025.
[New] The sheer scope of the Biden administration's clean energy plans will require creating jobs across multiple industries, including construction, grid modernization and demand-response companies that cut energy costs by shifting power consumption.
[New] Estonia could consider the deployment of Generation IV small modular reactors that are expected to be easier to build than a large nuclear power plant, which would not in any case be operational until 2035.
[New] Europe is already building or planning to build €87bn worth of fossil gas infrastructure in a continued expansion of pipelines and LNG terminals, despite the need to halve emissions by 2030.
[New] Some funding in an upcoming bill aimed at boosting American competitiveness against China should be used to build new capacity that will support the auto industry and mitigate the risks to the automotive supply chain evidenced by the current chip shortage.
[New] Gazprom is currently drawing up plans to build a second pipeline to China via Mongolia.
[New] Organic CSD brands in Latin America will have to be more transparent on sugar content and explain better their choices of ingredients to build credibility.
[New] The World Health Organisation' s annual report should be seen as an opportunity by governments to build a better health care sector as the world rolls out the COVID-19 vaccine.
[New] The Permian facility, capable of extracting 1 million metric tons / year of atmospheric CO2, could begin construction in 2022, with the buildout likely to take up to two years.
[New] Consisting of three ground-mounted commercial distributed generation sites in Utah, the behind-the-meter projects are expected to start construction in the third quarter of 2021 and reach commercial operation by the end of the year.
[New] Between 2021 and 2030, new offshore capacity in the US is expected to average 4.5GW per year and will comprise 40% of annual wind turbine build.
[New] European businesses have long suspected that Beijing's dual circulation will seek to drive out European companies through unfair competition, while China is keen to build up its own version of strategic autonomy, especially in tech.
[New] China's recent National Defense White Paper does state that its armed forces will accelerate the building of their cyberspace capabilities, develop cyber security and defense means, and build cyber defense capabilities.
[New] Forrest has almost absurdly ambitious plans to build 1,000 gigawatts of renewable capacity around the world - including 40 GW in Australia - most of which will be used to manufacture green hydrogen.
[New] The Attawapiskat First Nation has raised concern about the new landfill that global diamond miner De Beers, a unit of diversified major Anglo American, plans to build at the Victor mine site in the James Bay Lowlands of Canada.
[New] At least two-thirds of the expanded BBC Three's programme spend will be outside of London, and BBC Three will build on its ongoing partnerships with Northern Ireland Screen, Screen Scotland and Creative Wales.
[New] Congress and President Biden could build back a better economy - and address climate change - by diversifying the US tax base with environmental taxes.

Last updated: 14 April 2021

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