The study, From Future Vision to Urban Reality, shows what it means to be future-ready and what cities need to do to get there. To analyse the progress that cities have made on their future-ready plans, ThoughtLab conducted a worldwide benchmarking study of 250 cities in 78 countries, representing 9% of the world’s population. “Cities today face major challenges as they strive to become future-ready,” said Lou Celi, CEO of ThoughtLab and Director of the research programme. Future-ready cities are leading the way, integrating AI across a range of sectors more rapidly than other cities. Future-ready cities, with the help of advanced technologies like AI, have made significantly more progress in overcoming today’s urban challenges and operationalising their visions across their urban landscapes.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 06, 2024 13:26 UTC