The final topic addressed by our panel highlights the need to shift from a reactive approach focused on repair to one of anticipation and adaptation. In light of the effects of climate change, our infrastructures, originally designed to last for decades, are no longer aligned with today’s environmental realities.

Koen Deryckere, CEO of Accenture France & Benelux, and Batoul Hassoun, a foresight expert, illustrate this new challenge through several concrete examples and identify key levers for action.

Among them: a meaningful interplay between human skills and technological innovations, particularly artificial intelligence. But time is of the essence, as inaction now proves more costly than action.