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Frontier technologies to protect the environment and tackle climate change




                           assessment of emerging technology trends and scalable deployment of existing frontier
                           solutions should play a part in any city’s resilience strategy over the foreseeable term.
                      •    Wisely used, frontier technologies offer innovative solutions: They may be considered
                           frontier or emerging, but these technologies comprise innovative solutions to meet the
                           needs of the world’s population while addressing those of the planet. Cities and urban
                           regions form the perfect backdrops to test frontier technologies to mitigate the effects
                           of climate change. Continuing innovation must, therefore, be cultivated, nurtured and
                           incentivized by local and national governments alike, in partnership with industry and
                           academia. Many emerging technologies are inter-related, especially to IoT, AI, 5G and Big
                           Data. While the concepts of many of today’s emerging technologies have been around for
                           some time, it is now becoming feasible to implement IoT and scalable information systems
                           on larger scales. Ensuring the affordable and wide-scale deployment of these ‘enabler’
                           and other connective technologies will assure the further advancement and adoption of
                           other frontier technologies.




































































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