Climate resilience and adaptation
Change is constant. Adaptation is key. But protecting people and places means anticipating environmental risk and hazards, including natural disasters, and responding early.
Our cross-disciplinary resilience and climate adaptation teams work with our clients to strengthen their preparedness for the increasing intensity and frequency of climate change.
estimated global cost of climate change per year by 2050
(Source: World Economic Forum)
We address climate adaptation challenges holistically, bringing our engineers, planners and scientists together.
In close partnership with our clients, we mitigate the effects of climate change and set a framework for effective resilience that identifies and addresses climate-related risks.
Designing for climate impacts
Our comprehensive climate resilience and adaptation services support you with:
Flooding
We use advanced modeling tools to identify vulnerable areas and develop tailored adaptation strategies to address flood risks, including sea level rise, riverine flooding, and storm surges. Our strategies incorporate resilient structures like levees and seawalls, along with nature-based solutions such as wetland restoration.
We use advanced modeling tools to identify vulnerable areas and develop tailored adaptation strategies to address flood risks, including sea level rise, riverine flooding, and storm surges. Our strategies incorporate resilient structures like levees and seawalls, along with nature-based solutions such as wetland restoration.
Extreme weather events
We provide hazard modeling, natural disaster preparedness reviews, and business continuity planning to help clients prepare for extreme weather events. To enhance their preparedness and response capabilities, we design, develop and implement resilient infrastructure, emergency response plans, early warning systems and community education programs.
We provide hazard modeling, natural disaster preparedness reviews, and business continuity planning to help clients prepare for extreme weather events. To enhance their preparedness and response capabilities, we design, develop and implement resilient infrastructure, emergency response plans, early warning systems and community education programs.
Chronic climate hazards
As instances of prolonged drought, extreme heat and changing precipitation patterns become more frequent, we mitigate the effects with water supply and resource planning, stormwater management and cooling infrastructure design.
As instances of prolonged drought, extreme heat and changing precipitation patterns become more frequent, we mitigate the effects with water supply and resource planning, stormwater management and cooling infrastructure design.
Climate resilience framework for business
We’ve devised a six-step process to help organizations develop and increase resilience against climate-related hazards - and review performance against sustainability goals.
We’ve devised a six-step process to help organizations develop and increase resilience against climate-related hazards - and review performance against sustainability goals.
We work across the public and private sector on climate vulnerability and adaptation challenges including:
- Climate vulnerability and adaptation planning
- Nature based solutions
- Hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness
- Urban resilience planning
- Climate risk disclosures
- Alternative water supply
- Climate ecology
- Energy resilience
Our participation in initiatives like the 100 Resilient Cities effort, along with our partnerships with the Network for Engineering with Nature, The Rockefeller Foundation, CDP, C40 Cities and others, helps build resilience in communities around the world.
Latest thinking on climate resilience and adaptation
Projecting 50 years into the future, we look at what successful town centers could look like.
The need to build resilience into our cities has never been greater. A holistic, multi-disciplinary approach is needed to protect our urban communities.
Climate adaptation and resilience in action
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