The UK government has published its third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) which sets out its strategic five-year plan to boost resilience against climate change risks, which includes several measures to boost resilience of infrastructure assets.
The 2008 Climate Change Act requires the government to complete a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA)…
One of the greatest planning, economic, engineering, and sociopolitical challenges today is the procurement of the resilient infrastructure needed to support development whilst simultaneous maintaining, upgrading, and, where necessary, replacing aging infrastructure.
Infrastructure has a crucial role in achieving resilience to climate change (UN) and the UK government has committed…
Three years on from a potentially catastrophic failure, work is underway to rehabilitate Toddbrook Reservoir and make it the gold standard for dam resilience.
Toddbrook Reservoir in the Peak District became headline news in August 2019 when the main dam almost collapsed following the failure of its auxiliary spillway. The ongoing…
Increased frequency of extreme weather events is taking its toll on rail infrastructure but the industry is collaborating with academia to strengthen assets against future conditions.
Britain’s rail infrastructure is put under intense pressure every day as it carries millions of people to and from their destinations. It is built to…
Network Rail has set out its ongoing resilience strategy as its teams continue to respond to the impacts of the weekend's storms.
The rail operator released its Third Adaptation Report today in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). It outlines the progress made from 2016 to…
The current instability in the energy market has drawn attention to the resilience of the UK’s energy system. Soaring global gas prices – combined with a perfect storm of domestic factors – are driving a cost-of-living crisis in the UK which could have implications for the wider economy. The costs…
Thames Water has commissioned an independent review into the extent and causes of the flash flooding that affected many parts of London this year.
The London Flood Review comes not a moment too soon, as the climate crisis has meant that flash floods are now common in the Capital. This has…
There’s hope in our fight against climate change: our conversations with clients on carbon management have seismically shifted, compared to just a few years ago, but there is still a need for change when it comes to resilience.
Funders, owners and operators of infrastructure generally have a good understanding of…
With COP26 just weeks away, the Environment Agency has issued a stark warning about current approaches to tackling the climate emergency and called for increased focus on adaptation.
The agency’s Living better with a changing climate report, published yesterday (13 October), insists that adaptation – becoming resilient to the effects of…
Climate change considerations are impacting decisions about the planning of new airports and expansion schemes – but what about existing airport infrastructure?
Airports around the world are currently restricted in terms of operation as a result of lockdowns to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. No one is yet clear about…
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