Infrastructure is critical to cities and how well they are able to adapt to population growth, economic transition, carbon reduction and other events. In this episode Alice Charles, the Lead for Urban Transformation from the World Economic Forum, and Christian Deseglise, Group Head of Sustainable Infrastructure and Innovation at HSBC explore how cities are adapting their infrastructure – and how they are finding the investment needed to meet infrastructure demands. In particular, they explore a brand-new financial mechanism for sustainable infrastructure called FAST-Infra. Financing Future Cities is a podcast series produced by HSBC and hosted by Greg Clark. It sets out to examine the complex and evolving role of urban hubs through the lens of banking and finance. To find out more about how HSBC are supporting customers transition to net-zero, click here.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.