Montagu Evans hires EVORA director as sustainability lead

Global sea levels are rising. They’ve risen 10cm since 1993 and are projected to rise further still. What are planners doing to anticipate this watery Armageddon, asks Jeremy Hinds of Savills.

Environmental change impacts us through global warming and biodiversity decline. Both respond to each other, and right now that feedback is negative. The planning profession has the tools needed to take up this call and we, as planners, must act. It will require a new manifesto, writes Jeremy Hinds, planning director at Savills.

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One of London’s major regeneration sites has turned to GIS software provider Esri to improve its use of drones for image processing, groundworks surveys and communication with stakeholders.

A new report has called for real estate and infrastructure to develop a global framework of principles to help meet emissions reductions targets.

Las Vegas plans to make major improvements and reach zero carbon emissions by creating a giant digital version of itself.

A recent £42m fundraise for development platform LandTech marks the next step in building an “ecosystem” of products for developers, the company’s co-founder has said.

Packed with concrete and a lack of greenery, cities can be far hotter than rural areas around them. Retrofits to fix the problem can be expensive, but Spacemaker has a tool that could help developers avoid the problem in the future.

London’s £7bn Brent Cross regeneration is set to include a take-off and landing ‘vertiport’ for air taxis as its development partners beef up their transport infrastructure ambitions.