New guidance helps highway authorities adapt roads to climate change

A new guide has been published for local highway authorities, to support resilience planning across road networks as extreme weather events grow in frequency and severity. The post New guidance helps highway authorities adapt roads to climate change appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

British Safety Council questions blanket approach to workplace heat limit

Safety body responds to Climate Change Committee’s report on UK climate risk which suggests a maximum temperature regulation. The post British Safety Council questions blanket approach to workplace heat limit appeared first on Construction Management.

Why setting climate adaptation targets is the UK’s next big step

The Climate Change Committee (CCC), the UK Government’s statutory climate advisor, is for the first time setting out a blueprint for adapting the UK to manage the risks posed by climate change. The post Why setting climate adaptation targets is the UK’s next big step appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

CIRIA offers climate risk guide

The Construction Industry Research and Information Association, CIRIA, has released a guide to the impact of climate change on geo-risks across the development life cycle.

International Spotlight | Planning for the long term

The world is entering a period of sustained uncertainty, shaped by geopolitical tensions, climate change, and the accelerating impact of digital and artificial intelligence disruption. The post International Spotlight | Planning for the long term appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

FT - Unleashing AI’s potential: how it can help us adapt to climate change 27062023

AI has the potential to be a key tool in the fight against climate change and make meaningful change in this critical moment. Hamid Maher, Managing Director & Partner at BCG, explains the importance of AI when it comes to tackling climate change, how it can be used to forecast both long-term and immediate hazards, and in turn help decision makers take action.

The Economist - Heatwaves: how hot can it get? 25052023

Heatwaves are becoming more frequent, more intense and more deadly. But what is a heatwave, why are they so dangerous and how are they affected by climate change?

Engineering with Rosie - Ultimate Climate Hack or a Recipe for Disaster? 25042023

The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid that hit the earth and caused rapid global cooling from the sulfuric aerosols dispersed by the impact. Rapid cooling sounds like just the ticket to UNDO global warming... Can we artificially recreate the cooling effects of the asteroid’s impact to erase the effects of climate change?

RICS - WBEF Week 2023 - Investor interest in climate-related risk assessments on built assets, 09032023

The 2022 RICS sustainability report shows that almost three-fifths of global respondents believe that investor interest in climate risk assessment for built assets has risen in the past year. Is the much-needed change in the industry happening fast enough? What strategies are investors choosing to decarbonise their portfolios? What needs to change for the construction industry at large to decarbonise more and to do so at pace?

FT - Is stakeholder capitalism building a better world, or just empowering the rich? 20012023

For decades, some of the world’s most powerful people have gathered at a ski resort in the Swiss mountains called Davos. As the FT’s Moral Money editor Simon Mundy explains, many follow the central philosophy known as stakeholder capitalism. But is stakeholder capitalism a vital means of achieving a fairer, more enlightened world economy, or a dangerous idea that will strengthen the power of an unaccountable global elite?

Elite Nano Pacific

Elite Nano Pacific is a Fiji-based enterprise that provides nanotechnology-based protective coating solutions to prevent corrosion and increase materials’ lifespan. Through the applied use of nanotechnology, they are also able to save on raw materials, energy and water, as well as to reduce greenhouse gases and hazardous wastes. In such way, they contribute to fight climate change by indirectly supporting clean air, renewable energy, nontoxic surroundings, and the opportunity to live in a healthy community. * SDG 3 Good health and well-being SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities * SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production * SDG 13 (Climate action) * SDG 1 No Poverty - * SDG 5 Gender equality * SDG 8 Decent work and Economic * SDG 14 Life Below Waters * SDG 15 life on Land