Urban Planning Can Benefit from AI: Opportunities Ahead

by MENA-Forum | 17 October 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Development | 0 Comments

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AI will permeate urban planning as it has in other forms of intellectual work, including generating urban design forms. Exploring its opportunities and challenges, a new paper by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) notes that AI can widen access to high-quality planning support . . .
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Countries Most Vulnerable to Fossil Fuel Phaseout Insights

by MENA-Forum | 16 October 2026 | Economics, Energy Transition, Sustainable Development | 0 Comments

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A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), published in Nature Sustainability, now shows, for 169 countries worldwide, how the fight against global heating affects national assets—and what geopolitical challenges and opportunities arise as a result.
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Will AI Be Good or Bad for Future Climate Solutions?

by MENA-Forum | 15 October 2026 | Climate Change, Energy Transition, Sustainable Development | 0 Comments

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Is AI a climate change villain, whose insatiable hunger for electricity will roast the planet? Or will it help predict where the next climate disaster will strike and what to do about it?
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