... participation, investment interest and pilot project commitments, supported by ClimateOS for ongoing benchmarking. climate change town & city planning UN SDG 13: Climate action urban regeneration Innovate UK through the project ‘Realising Net Zero Liverpool (RNZL)’ J272019 This work...

... infrastructure that supports inclusive growth, environmental resilience and adaptability. Corresponding author Rhys Cotterell (Rhys.Cotterell@atkinsrealis.com) climate change industry infrastructure planning innovation and infrastructure public policy The 2024 UK General Election marked...

...Milda Pladaite, MEng This briefing discusses the emerging challenges and opportunities related to water scarcity and infrastructure adaptation due to climate change. Water-related disasters, including floods, droughts and wildfires, now account for over 90% of natural disasters. These challenges...

... to enhancing education and link to the National Curriculum (such as the current Key Stage 2 geography/science curriculum for environment, climate change and the water cycle). As discussed by Ward et al. (2023), schools offer the opportunity to enhance environmental education (as per UN SDG 4...

...-heavy manner. We are not going to be able to afford it, and species will neither remain in their historic geographies nor be in today’s groupings. The last element of this target relates to the fact that nature is not only impacted by climate change but also has a huge potential role to play...

... developing states are experiencing multiple interconnected crises, including susceptibility to natural hazards, increased vulnerability to climate change, biodiversity loss and reduced accessibility to development funding. Nature-based solutions (NbS) can provide an integrated approach to boost Caribbean...

... to the impact of climate change; realign the estuary, allowing for coastal expansion. This article will set the tone for engineers to be focused on working with the environment, to create a better place. This paper will outline the history of the Tees estuary, an area that had been referred...

... so by 2035. (simon.harris@randstad.co.uk) 04 06 2024 04 06 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2024 Reflecting on the monumental achievement of the Thames Barrier and its (unforeseen) role in addressing the challenges of climate change, it is clear...

.... (laura.cunliffe-hall@ice.org.uk) More action must be taken to prepare infrastructure for extreme weather events. Each year, governments and the private sector globally invest trillions of dollars in new infrastructure that may not withstand future impacts from climate change. The long-lived nature...

...Alison Walker, BSc (Hons), PgDip, PCSB; Rachel Allison, MSci (Hons), PhD The impacts of climate change are already evident. Like all infrastructure, High Speed Two (HS2) needs to be climate resilient so it can function in a future where there will be warmer and wetter winters, hotter and drier...

.... In the last 20 years there has been steady progress in embedding climate adaptation within engineering practice, but the climate is changing more rapidly than the engineering sector is responding. This short piece outlines the challenges and progress in adapting to climate change, and the tools available...

...Jan Brooke, FCIWEM; Jeremy Giovando, PhD, PE; Travis A Dahl, PhD, PE; Brian Joyner, PE; Laure Herbert, CEng, MICE Climate change is a key business risk for ports and inland waterways and, therefore, a key consideration for the design and operation of this infrastructure. While risk...

...Rachel Fisher, PhD, MEng; Emma Ferranti, BSc, MSc, PhD, AFHEA; Sarah Greenham, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD; Andrew Quinn, BSc (Hons), PhD, PFHEA, FIMA, CMath, CSci The UK’s national railway network has evaluated climate change impacts, risks and adaptation solutions. This review establishes the case...

...Anne-Marie Friel; Mark Marfé; Chris Martin; Rebecca Harding The current constraints on skills and knowledge across the infrastructure sector on how to set up, structure and procure digital solutions at each stage of the asset life cycle need to be rapidly overcome to allow climate change targets...

... waste reduction framework for building projects. (s.sivashanmugam@tees.ac.uk) 31 08 2022 14 11 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited: All rights reserved 2023 circular economy climate change construction waste management life cycle assessment responsible consumption...

...Scott Younger, OBE, BSc, MS, PhD, CEng, DEng, FICE; David Parry, BA, MSc, PhD, DipEd, FISoilSci, FIPSS, FRGS; David Meigh, BSc, MSc, MICE The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change uses an average global temperature in its analysis of a warming Earth – yet in reality the world has many widely...

... 03 2021 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 climate change hydrology and water resource river engineering Water scarcity currently affects over 40% of the global population (Figure 1). The problem is projected to worsen as climate change results in increasingly erratic...

... and water demand data. Key outputs from the project included a toolkit and mobile application, the wider adoption of which could transform rural water access. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2021 climate change groundwater water supply According to UNESCO, global water demand is rising...

... with determination by all parties. The ideas can be applied to many engineering projects and make a real difference to reducing the contribution of the built environment to climate change. The examples range over a number of years, during which enthusiasm for and against action on climate varied considerably...

...Julian Vercruysse; Kim Yates; Davide Stronati In addition to the physical risks of climate change, civil engineers also need to consider the transition risks involved in moving towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions. These include enhanced reporting obligations, stigmatisation of polluting...