Innovative cities: Who’s leading the way on green technologies?

San Francisco leads the way on green technologies innovation. — AFP Relaxnews

As well as being a neighbour to tech giants like Facebook and Google, the city of San Francisco is also taking a global lead when it comes to investment in green technologies. This is one of the conclusions to emerge from a study identifying the most innovative cities.

From artificial intelligence and big data to biotechnology research and the development of new financial services, innovation is a very broad field that cuts across huge areas of expertise – not all of which are necessarily focused on improving our living conditions. But looking at levels of company investment in the green technology sector can help identify the global cities where the most work is being done to shape the world of tomorrow.