The analysis of engineering adaptation to global challenges and strategic planning for the future

A global shift towards green and sustainable solutions requires adapting emerging engineering technologies to evolve novel engineering solutions. Such solutions are incumbent to meet the emerging challenges ranging from smart infrastructural needs to sustainable engineering designs for energy production, agriculture, healthcare, and Information Technology. This review encompasses engineering strategies being practiced to serve global challenges around climate change, innovative energy storage, greener buildings, and renewable energy sources. Similarly, the role of recent technologies like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, intelligent robotics, electric vehicles, smart agriculture, automated healthcare, and bioinformatics is elaborated. Further, the role of strategic engineering planning and its adaptation for innovation and tapping digital transformation is discussed. This review also emphasized fostering an ecologically responsible and engineering-inclusive future outlook via tapping into interdisciplinary research and embracing digital technologies into existing engineering frameworks.