Climate Change & Resilience
Sessions at Bridges Scotland
Thursday 28 November 2024
11:45
Climate Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis
11:45 - 12:10
Climate Change
Resilience
- Climate risks are rising and affecting infrastructure asset values, leading to operational issues and major disruptions.
- Financial and economic implications as a result are also rising.
- Climate change risk assessment tools along with a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework for adaptation solutions can provide basis for investment decisions and prioritisation of actions.
- This will be discussed in light of a project with Network Rail Scotland analysing the financial implications of attending to bridge scour.
12:10
Net Zero Bridges… and What Else?
12:10 - 12:40
Climate Change
Resilience
- Overview of PAS2080 carbon management framework.
- Implementing the Carbon Management process across the value chain on bridge projects.
- Net Zero is the imperative, but not at the expense of the environment.
- Integrating consideration of climate resilience, environmental regeneration and biodiversity on bridge projects.