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The WFEO Working Group on Climate Change, in partnership with the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) will present the second webinar “The WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate Change Adaptation and (in future) Resilience for Engineers” on 14 May 2025 at 11 AM EST / 4 PM WAT / 4 PM UK / 5 PM CEST.
The registration link is available in this page: shorturl.at/ygsMK
The climate is changing. Historical climatic design data has become less representative of the future climate. Many future climate risks may be significantly under-estimated. Engineers cannot assume that the future will be similar to the past. Historical climate trends cannot be simply projected into the future as a basis for engineering planning, design, operations and maintenance of infrastructure.
Adapting current and future infrastructure to be resilient to extreme weather events and long term climate changes over their long service life has become a societal imperative. Engineers need to understand and play a key role in achieving this goal as an integral part of their practice. They must keep themselves informed about the changing climate, and consider its potential impacts on their work.
The WFEO and its national and international members are committed to raising awareness among engineers about the potential impacts of the changing climate and how these relate to engineering of existing and future civil infrastructure and buildings. As such, the WFEO Model Code of Practice on Principles of Climate Change Adaptation for Engineers was developed and published in December 2015 to provide practice guidance to engineers to consider the implications of climate change in their professional practice and creating a clear record of the outcomes of those considerations.
The Model Code was prepared by the WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Engineering and the Environment and subsequently distributed to national and international members with a recommendation to adopt as policy and practice guidance for their own engineers.
In 2023, the WFEO Working Group on Climate Change – the group now charged by WFEO to engage in climate and engineering issues is currently updating the document to include principles of climate resilience and the application of nature-based solutions that have been developed and applied in the 10 years since the Model Code was published.
This presentation will introduce and explain the nine principles contained in the published document and introduce new principles under consideration related to climate resilience and the integration of nature-based solutions.
Moderator:
Mustafa Shehu, WFEO President.
Presenter:
David Lapp, Member, WFEO Working Group on Climate Change & Associate, Climate Risk Institute (Canada).