Summary of Integrated Guidance
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- Theme 1: Shared Systemic Vision
- 1.1.1 Align shared vision with international priorities.
- 1.1.2 Develop insight into the climate vulnerabilities and interdependencies of existing infrastructure assets and systems that can lead to societal disruption.
- 1.1.3 Measure societal risk tolerance and willingness-to-pay for climate resilient infrastructure.
- 1.1.4 Engage stakeholders in needs identification and goal setting.
- Theme 2: Coordinated and Capable Government Structures
- Theme 3: Plans
- Theme 4: Policies and Regulation
- 1.4.1 Use policy to integrate climate resilience into the regulation of critical infrastructure sectors through performance targets, risk disclosure and incentives.
- 1.4.2 Integrate climate resilience considerations into project appraisal processes.
- 1.4.3 Integrate climate risk reduction and resilience approaches into technical standards for infrastructure design and construction.
- Theme 5: Data
- Theme 1: Understand Climate Risks and Define Goals
- 3.1.1 Conduct climate risk assessment of project and interdependency screening
- 3.1.2 Engage national, sectorial, and local stakeholders to understand needs and priorities to inform resilience goals, feasibility assessment, and project preparation
- 3.1.3 Define climate resilience goals and associated metrics to be considered on par with project and financial decision parameters in all steps of the life cycle
- Theme 2: Assess Feasibility Considering Climate Risks
- Theme 3: Provide Project Plan Guidelines and Prepare Investor Readiness
- 3.3.1 Establish resilience governance to maintain and refine resilience goals and identify trade-offs to embed resilience at each step of the life cycle
- 3.3.2 Adjust project planning guidelines (delivery, timeline) to be climate resilient by factoring in resource, skills, and technological capacity constraints
- 3.3.3 Prepare climate risk assessment methodology and results to ensure transparency, reproducibility, and investor readiness
- Theme 1: Creating Enabling Frameworks for Resilience-Conscious Financing
- 4.1.1 Strengthen public policies, common standards and taxonomies, and incentives to encourage inclusion of A&R measures into infrastructure projects
- 4.1.2 Scale and allocate dedicated resources for climate resilience into government budgets and investment portfolios from the start
- 4.1.3 Foster collaboration between public and private sectors to identify common goals
- Theme 2: Building Investible Projects
- Theme 3: Leveraging Financing Instruments and Innovation
- 4.3.1 Develop allocation model of risks, returns, and benefits between public and private sectors
- 4.3.2 Select from a diverse toolbox of sustainable financing instruments, tailored to regional needs and different types of funding streams
- 4.3.3 Design and apply appropriate (blended) finance structures to finance climate-resilient projects
- Theme 1: Climate Informed Design Criteria
- 5.1.1 Seek construction codes and design requirement that consider climate change
- 5.1.2 Identify and utilise existing climate data
- 5.1.3 Use or undertake hazard and risk assessments to identify design requirements and solutions on
- 5.1.4 Conduct detailed risk assessments and modelling for sensitive and/or critical assets
- 5.1.5 Incorporate climate projects into design criteria
- 5.1.6 Consider climate change scenarios and undertake climate stress tests
- Theme 2: Systems Thinking
- 5.2.1 Identify interdependencies within and between systems
- 5.2.2 Collaborate, benefit from, and contribute to data sharing initiatives
- 5.2.3 Evaluate cascading impacts to identify indirect risks
- 5.2.4 Use interdependency assessment tools and metrics to prioritise and evaluate design solutions
- 5.2.5 Consider how to maximise co-benefits and minimise negative impacts
- Theme 3: Design for Uncertainty
- Theme 4: Building Physical Resilience
- 5.4.1 Design for the avoidance of known hazards where possible
- 5.4.2 Consider measures to build robustness and protect against climate hazards
- 5.4.3 Consider climate change during construction material selection
- 5.4.4 Promote adoption of climate resilient design through qualifications, certifications and tools
- Theme 5: Nature Based Solutions and Green Infrastructure
- Theme 1: Systems Thinking
- 6.1.1 Maintain awareness of the core principles for effective procurement for climate resilience
- 6.1.2 Recognise the resilience requirements and drivers relevant to different forms of procurement
- 6.1.3 Employ long-term approaches to procurement
- 6.1.4 Consider the criticality of procured assets and their role relative to the wider system
- Theme 2: Climate Risk and Uncertainty
- Theme 3: Procurement Approaches and Mechanisms
- Theme 4: Requirements and Evaluation
- Theme 5: Capacity Building
- Theme 1: Innovation and Influence
- 7.1.1 Leverage the influence of the construction industry to promote use of materials, technologies and systems that enhance climate resilience
- 7.1.2 Maximise use of digital technologies and collect real-time data during construction to improve decision-making
- 7.2.1 Update quality control indicators during construction to incorporate climate-related hazards
- 7.2.2 Ensure communication protocols exist between designer and contractor to avoid erosion of the asset’s resilience
- 7.2.3 Consider Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
- Theme 3: Resilience during Construction
- Theme 4: Capacity Building
- 7.4.1 Improve contractors’ understanding of climate risks and opportunities to increase the resilience and sustainability of infrastructure
- 7.4.2 Leverage communities to enhance the resilience and sustainability of infrastructure construction while limiting the introduction of unintended vulnerabilities
- Theme 1: Assessment of Climate Risks to Operations
- 8.1.1 Utilise data and multi-hazard modelling to assess climate hazards
- 8.1.2 Use Catastrophe Risk Modelling to estimate expected infrastructure damage and losses
- 8.1.3 Conduct and regularly review climate vulnerability and risk assessments
- 8.1.4 Extend risk assessments from asset-level to system scale and understand interdependencies
- Theme 2: Operations and Management
- 8.2.1 Build on asset management best practice to facilitate and integrate climate resilience and adaptation
- 8.2.2 Re-think governance structures to improve organisations' ability to implement climate-resilient practices
- 8.2.3 Seek opportunities to increase adaptive capacity through operations
- 8.2.4 Ensure capacity building and sufficient resources are provided to facilitate climate resilient actions
- 8.2.5 Develop key performance indicators, targets and operational thresholds related to climate change adaptation
- Theme 3: Monitoring and Inspection
- 8.3.1 Employ risk-based inspection regimes informed by climate change impacts
- 8.3.2 Consider the use of proactive monitoring and remote sensing technologies to enhance climate resilience
- 8.3.3 Develop and use early warning monitoring systems to improve operational response to climate stresses and extreme weather events
- Theme 4: Maintenance and Interventions
- 8.4.1 Develop resource-efficient and effective maintenance strategies with consideration on of climate risks
- 8.4.2 Consider employing advanced preventative and predictive maintenance approaches to enhance climate resilience
- 8.4.3 Incorporate climate change into performance and cost modelling to plan maintenance and renewals activities
- 8.4.4 Recognise the need for and implement climate resilience measures beyond routine maintenance activities
- 8.4.5 Recognise and respond to assets that are no longer fit for their original purpose due to climate change
- Theme 5: Business Continuity Planning and Emergency Management
- 8.5.1 Integrate consideration of climate change impacts into Business Continuity Management
- 8.5.2 Manage risk within the supply chain
- 8.5.3 Adopt a multi-hazard, multi-sector approach to enhance emergency response and prevent cascading failures
- 8.5.4 Implement efficient communication and cooperation strategies from national to community levels
- 8.5.5 Achieve resilience through the ‘build back better’ framework