Climate Resilient Infrastructure Assets

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Climate change has already increased the frequency and severity of a range of hazards. The Second National Action Plan to implement the National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework states that since 2013, 496 (92%) Local Government Areas have been impacted by disasters at an average annual cost to the economy of $38 billion.

By 2100 temperatures are projected to increase by as much as 4^oC above pre-industrial levels. And a sea level rise of up to 2.3 m, as a result of ice sheet collapse, cannot be ruled out. As a result, there will be more extreme heat events and heatwaves, bushfires, rainfall events and flooding, droughts, coastal inundation and erosion, extreme winds, storms and cyclonic events. 

To reduce these impacts, and ensure the provision of essential community services, it is critical that infrastructure assets are planned, constructed and managed to be climate resilient.

Climate Resilient Infrastructure Online Course

Research shows that practitioners who are upskilled on the latest technical information, provided with peer developed case studies, strategies and professional training will have the confidence to implement new and more sustainable asset management options.

The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Course is an interactive, content rich, self-paced online course designed to build practical capability in identifying and integrating climate resilience into infrastructure asset management and financial planning frameworks.

Based on the Climate Resilient Infrastructure Guideline, the course provides participants with a shared language, practical frameworks and real-world examples to support planning, funding, monitoring and adapting infrastructure assets to the increasing challenges of climate change.

Participants will undertake an Action Learning Project that builds throughout the course and results in a Business Case for the integration of climate resilient materials and assets within their organisational policies and processes. Participants who complete the course will receive the IPWEA Climate Resilient Infrastructure Digital Badge.

Course Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the likely changes in the climate in Australia to 2100 and beyond.
• Identify climate change impacts and resilience options for buildings, bridges, roads, footpaths, green infrastructure, water and waste water assets, storm water assets, coastal assets and the most commonly used infrastructure materials.
• Integrate climate change resilience into asset and financial management planning and reduce the risk of maladaptation.
• Overcome barriers to change within their organisation.
• Know where to source further information.

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