This report examines understated infrastructure costs supporting new gas-fired power plants. Driven by data centre growth, these "hidden" expenses for pipelines and storage often represent 30% of capital spending. It recommends integrated regulatory oversight and unified cost tests to ensure transparency and protect ratepayers from stranded-asset risks.

This report examines Australian data centres as critical enabling infrastructure. It highlights the sector’s economic contributions, energy efficiency advantages over on-premise servers, and substantial investments in renewable energy and water infrastructure. It provides policy recommendations to accelerate sustainable infrastructure approvals and facilitate private investment for digital growth.

This IEA report details a pathway to reduce buildings' energy intensity by 25% by 2035. It identifies equipment efficiency, building envelopes, electrification, and clean cooking as primary levers. To succeed, annual investment must triple to USD 1.2 trillion and efficiency progress must more than double from current rates.

This research report presents 45 draft indicators for monitoring climate-resilient WASH services. Developed by WHO, UNICEF, and academic partners, the metadata assists national governments in standardising data collection. It covers adaptation actions, infrastructure attributes, service functioning, and user experiences to ensure resilient water and sanitation systems amid climate threats.

This research assesses urban heat risk across 1,029 global cities between 2000 and 2019. It reveals that incorporating multidimensional social vulnerability increases the identified North-South inequality by 65%. Urban heat risk trends in the Global South are nearly five times those of the Global North, necessitating equitable climate adaptation strategies.

This report examines Europe’s long-term competitiveness through a sustainability lens, identifying strategic 'no-regret' options for 2040. It concludes that economic resilience and environmental sustainability are interdependent, requiring circularity, investment in resilient infrastructure, and technological sovereignty to maintain prosperity amidst geopolitical fragmentation and climate instability.

This report synthesises 45 assessments across 29 countries to demonstrate the economic case for nature-based infrastructure. It reveals a median benefit-to-cost ratio of 3.21 and an internal rate of return of 38%. The study recommends reforms in public finance and planning to overcome institutional barriers and scale investment.

This report argues that the Ksi Lisims LNG project is a $30-billion risk to Canada. Wholly American-owned, the facility provides few local jobs while requiring significant public subsidies. It faces Indigenous opposition and environmental threats, including methane emissions, increased air pollution, and risks to critical whale populations.

This report examines the transition to clean, inclusive electrified economies. It highlights opportunities in buildings, transport and industry while addressing barriers like affordability and workforce readiness. It recommends that businesses invest in skills, expand product access and collaborate with governments to ensure an equitable and competitive global energy transition.

This report analyses physical climate risk for 2,595 planned data centres globally. It identifies South East Asia and France as major hotspots and highlights that indirect infrastructure dependencies increase operational disruption risk ten-fold. It advocates for integrating climate resilience into early site selection and engineering standards.

The global insurance landscape faces a risk management crisis, with natural catastrophe losses exceeding $100 billion annually. This report outlines four interventions to improve place-based resilience: improving risk-decision data, creating innovative financing structures, establishing trusted metrics, and realising co-benefits through multi-stakeholder coalitions to enhance insurability.

This report examines the global transition towards digitalised energy systems, noting a $2.3 trillion investment in 2023. It explores how smart grids, digital twins, and the Common Information Model (CIM) enhance efficiency and integrate renewables, while outlining the standards and challenges essential for modernising energy infrastructure.

This research provides a globally comparable framework for urban heat risk assessment, integrating hazard exposure, socio-economic vulnerability, and coping capacity. Analysing 205 large cities, it finds that 95% of high-risk areas are concentrated in the Global South, where infrastructural deficits and demographic factors significantly amplify climatic hazards.

This report is part of a series examining the impact of armed conflict on water, sanitation and hygiene systems globally. It identifies patterns of harm to infrastructure, personnel and users, while detailing adaptive approaches and conflict-resilient strategies to maintain essential services in fragile environments to protect children.

This report proposes reframing ecosystems as 'nature as infrastructure' (NAI) to mobilise private capital. It advocates for public-private partnerships for nature (PPPNs) using guarantees, insurance, and biodiversity credits. Recommendations include integrating natural capital into sovereign accounting and reforming global subsidies to close the nature financing gap.

This report examines the social impacts of AI-driven data centre expansion. It identifies five key challenges for financial institutions, including community opposition and developer unfamiliarity with international standards. The research provides practical insights for banks to integrate social due diligence and leverage influence to improve project outcomes.