CEME 7406 - Climate Risk and Resilience

Climate risk is emerging as a key risk driver for systems as diverse as critical infrastructure (water, energy, transport, communications) and the built environment (buildings and cities), agri-food and fibre production systems, human health, finance and insurance, and the natural environment. These climate risks include physical risks (arising from the physical manifestation of climate change), transition risks (because of transition to a carbon-neutral economy) and systemic risks (because of interconnections between sectors and systems). This course will highlight the roles, responsibilities, and ethical considerations for engineers and other risk professionals in the identification, evaluation and management of climate risk, and provide students with a suite of theories, methods and tools to support risk assessments. A particular focus will be placed on evaluating risks in complex systems that are beyond the scope or control of individual actors (e.g. organisations). Finally, this course will provide overview of emerging concepts of system resilience, and students will learn about methods both to support adaptive planning and to enhance system resilience.