Blog: The case for climate-resilient infrastructure
… Climate change is making weather harder to predict, and creating new risks in places that never faced them before. And as hurricanes, floods, extreme heat and wildfires intensify, most infrastructure will need to be retrofitted or designed and built anew for future climate resilience. Climate-resilient infrastructure is infrastructure that is planned, designed, built and operated with changing climate impacts in mind. Resilient infrastructure must not only withstand climate impacts, but also be able to recover quickly after disruptions. … Worsening impacts from climate change are taking a toll on infrastructure and communities in many ways. … Less precipitation and higher temperatures are increasing the risk of drought, which stresses water supplies as more water evaporates from reservoirs and decreases the water supply. Lower water levels may affect transport on inland waterways. Drought can also deplete aquifers that drinking water and irrigation depend on. And if there is less water available, the output of hydropower and nuclear power plants may be compromised.
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