Event Info * You are cordially invited to the seminar organised by Protective Technology Research Centre (PTRC), VINCI Construction, and the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.*https://www.vinci-construction.com/en/http://www.fccsingapore.com/about-us/fccs-at-a-glance* Qualified for 2 PDUs by PEB.Seminar: How to Make Infrastructures and Cities Resilient towards Climate ChangeSpeaker:Dr Karim SELOUANE: VINCI Construction France Environmental Project Director and RESALLIENCE Founder (http://www.resallience.com) Abstract:In emerging economies, climate change threatens the development role of infrastructures. Climate change is affecting all types of infrastructures, such as energy, transport, water and more generally buildings. Rising temperatures, increasing flood risks, and other climate hazards are already stressing reliable and efficient operations of these networks, thus leading to large economic and social impacts. Roads, airports, water systems, and power plants are vulnerable to weather changes. Severe storms and major droughts can disrupt economic activity.
Infrastructure projects are more and more managed through public-private partnerships that involve a diversified set of stakeholders (public and private sector, investors, and civil society). They are now urged to address climate change risks and uncertainty when planning, building and operating these projects. Nevertheless, such a challenge can be addressed through innovative tools and approaches. Adopting a resiliency lens leads to improved design, site selection and operations of infrastructures. It ensures territories and cities anticipate and adapt to climate change.
Our lecture will provide a technical action framework towards policymakers, that is encompassing insurance, normalisation, and finance. Such construction engineering tools and methodologies ensure that existing and future infrastructures will become more resilient to climate change. The lecture will introduce the global context of resilience (stakes, institutional framework and stakeholders), define the engineering of resilience, and provide international best practices.
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