Insights for what's next

Explore practical perspectives that turn complex challenges and emerging trends into real-world outcomes.

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Beyond Carbon: A holistic approach to net zero cities
Report

Implementing a programmatic approach to decarbonizing cities

Jacobs releases new thought leadership paper that asks the question: What if city stakeholders used a programmatic approach, looking beyond traditional project and asset boundaries, to co-develop solutions that reduce carbon AND address the most urgent and aspirational needs of the community?

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Q&A

A view on the future of PFAS: A Q&A with Dora Chiang

Our Global Principal for PFAS and Emerging Contaminants explains how Jacobs is developing characterization, treatment and remediation solutions for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) amidst a rapidly evolving regulatory environment.

Dora Chiang
A Q&A with Bruce Chalmers
Q&A

A view on the future of environmental solutions: A Q&A with Bruce Chalmers

Solving the most complex environmental challenges worldwide requires a new, innovative formula of nature-based solutions, AI-powered data insights and the best talent. Bruce Chalmers shares how he’s pioneering this global shift by combining all three to work in an ecosystem services model.

Bruce Chalmers
Future Foundations. Climate
Thought Leadership

Climate response: The opportunity ahead

As the impacts of climate change intensify, there isn’t a region, business or government that will not be affected. But this is not a fait accompli – there is action we can take, today, to lay the foundations for a resilient future. SVP Jan Walstrom explains.

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Thought Leadership

De5ign: Designing a sustainable future for people and the environment

Read how de5ign (pronounced ‘five in design’) is driving a cultural change of positive designer behavior toward sustainable design, that not only benefits the health and safety of people who will construct or interact with our designs, but which also benefits the environment, climate and sustainability.

OneWater Reflections
Big Questions

An integrated, onewater approach to coastal resilience

Americas Coastal Resilience Director Luce Bassetti explains why effective coastal resilience requires a holistic, integrated approach that recognizes the interconnected nature of challenges on the water’s edge.

Luce Bassetti
Q&A with Shawn Makarsky Solutions Architect & Intelex Community of Excellence (CoE) Lead
Q&A

Meet our data solutions team: A Q&A with Shawn Makarsky

A member of Jacobs’ Environmental, Health, & Safety Information Management (EHS IM) team, Shawn Makarsky serves as the Solutions Architect & Intelex Community of Excellence (CoE) Lead. In his role, he is responsible for focusing on Jacobs’ Intelex practice, one of the enterprise software platforms with which we have a long-standing working partnership, in the form of configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining various applications that we have developed for our clients.

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Thought Leadership

Summarizing the intergovernmental panel on climate change’s sixth assessment report synthesis report findings

The conclusion is clear: climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health and the opportunity to secure a sustainable future is closing rapidly. Jacobs’ Global Principal, Climate Resilience Craig Clifton and Principal Technologist, Water Resources & Climate Resilience Tapash Das talk about key messages from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) most recent report – the Synthesis Report.

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    Co-creating the world to come

    From developing climate resilience and transitioning to a low-carbon future, to modernizing and transforming infrastructure, governments and businesses face critical challenges. How they respond will define our future.

    As our clients navigate these challenges, we help them think differently – working together to pioneer tomorrow's infrastructure solutions and build the foundations for a prosperous, secure future. 

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