Adarsh Varma
Technical Director – Economics, WSPAdarsh is a senior economist at WSP UK Ltd, with 17 years’ consultancy and advisory experience for public and private sector clients.
Specialising in economic development, business case analysis and economic appraisals for infrastructure and development projects, he is particularly interested in solutions that demonstrate positive financial and economic returns.
Adarsh has developed business models and strategic cases that capture wider economic, social, environmental and governance benefits to judge viability of projects. He has recently worked on clean growth strategies, valuing nature-based activities and appraising climate risks and impacts.
My Speaker Sessions
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.
