It makes the case for action, identifies who needs to act, the challenges to acting and the opportunities available. Climate change today manifests itself through weather anomalies and extreme weather events which pose direct physical risks to people, assets, and infrastructure. Data, tools, and information need to be widely accessible, equitable, and relevant to different types of decision-makers in different settings. Current design standards for building infrastructure are based on outdated, historic climate data. Climate Resilient Infrastructure – the Way Forward, Centre for Urban Planning and Governance, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The lack of climate data for adopting appropriate adaptation measures and applying to design standards for infrastructure is a challenge that impedes the development of climate resilient infrastructure. Over the next 15 years, an investment of around US$90 trillion is required to replace ageing infrastructure in advanced economies, and to accommodate higher growth in emerging economies. In addition, the UK Government’s first Adaptation Programme in 2012 will report on progress made and what further actions might be required to increase the climate resilience of infrastructure. that are designed to last fifty years or more. It is designed to catalyse action to adapt infrastructure in the energy, ICT, transport and water sectors (infrastructure networks). The impacts of climate change go way beyond these direct physical risks as the damage of infrastructure and property further impacts economic growth. As climate change impacts become more severe, cities and communities are seeking to become more resilient. Her expertise revolves around research and policy to foster sustainable, low-carbon, resilient and liveable cities. Considering the heavy cost implications associated with the damage of infrastructural services, it is imperative to establish climate resilient infrastructure. Climate change affects a broad spectrum of functions, infrastructure, and services and is responsible for compounding and aggravating the existing non-climatic stresses, such as urbanisation, migration, water demand, sanitation, etc. Climate Resilience Principles In October 2018, the Climate Bonds Initiative convened the Adaptation and Resilience Expert Group (AREG) to design a set of principles that would guide the integration of criteria for climate adaptation and resilience into the Climate Bonds Standard. The European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate-ADAPT is a partnership between the European Commission and the European Environment Agency. Canadians need authoritative science and information to understand current and expected changes. Climate change today manifests itself through weather anomalies and extreme weather events which pose direct physical risks to people, assets, and infrastructure. Climate Resilient Infrastructure: Preparing for a Changing Climate (2011) climate resilience, infrastructure, networks, Climate Resilient Infrastructure: Preparing for a Changing Climate, Europe's vulnerability to climate change impacts occurring outside Europe, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69269/climate-resilient-infrastructure-full.pdf. Additionally, given that infrastructure investments have an economic life expectancy of 30 years or more, it is imperative to realise that the infrastructure is sensitive not only to the prevailing climatic conditions but also to future climate variations during its entire life cycle. This includes changing conditions (e.g., rainfall, temperature, and sea ice) and the impacts of climate change across Canada. The document highlights important themes such as: the risk climate change presents to infrastructure interdependencies; adaptation investment; and potential economic opportunities. (The formal, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) definition of resilience is the “capacity of social, economic, and environmental systems to cope with a hazardous event or trend or disturbance, responding or reorganizing in ways that maintain their essential function, identity, and structure, while also maintaining the capacity for adaptation, learning, and transformation.”) The Climate Lens is a horizontal requirement applicable to Infrastructure Canada's Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP), Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation … This document has been produced as a response to calls from industry – infrastructure owners, investors and insurers – for a Government vision and policy on adapting infrastructure to climate change. Countries across the globe are experiencing the growing intensity and frequency of extreme climate events, with catastrophic impacts on infrastructure. To this end, it is important to re-examine the planning, design, operations, maintenance, and management of infrastructure, to meet the emerging demands of the changing climate. Leading policy research at TERI, her work involves close association with city governments, national and sub-national level line ministries/departments, international agencies, donor organisations, philanthropies, research institutes and networks.