• The Working Group on Engineering and Climate Change is proposed by the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK). This will take over the work on climate change themes covering SDG 13 (Climate action) from the WFEO Committee on Engineering and the Environment.–Davide Stronati, Chair of WGCC (UK)Contact the working group chair at climate-change @ wfeo . org (without the spaces)

 

The Institution of Civil Engineers UK (ICE) serves as the host of the Working Group on Engineering and Climate Change from 2025 to 2027.

Role / Purpose

The purpose of the Working Group on Engineering and Climate Change is to provide a focus of activities relating to the issue of Climate Change and in particular to advance the UN Sustainable Goal No. 13 (Climate action).

This group was proposed and approved by the WFEO Executive Board in the Madrid meeting on March 1st, 2023. The WG’s role is designed as a transverse one, coordinating and helping to harmonise all the work being done by various WFEO STCs and WGs with relation to climate change.

Outcomes

The working group will:

  • coordinate efforts of all WFEO committees on climate change and find platforms to showcase these efforts.
  • advance awareness of best practice in climate mitigation and adaptation, which could be through showcasing decarbonisation and/or resilience efforts of engineering projects.
  • assist in the advancement of guidance tools and standards for decarbonisation, adaptation and resilience, through global expert advice to existing projects.
  • raise awareness of WFEO’s work on and commitment to climate change.
  • apply, lead and participate with WFEO side events to the UNFCCC annual critical events, the Bonn Intersessional Conference (traditionally held in June) and the Conference of the Parties (traditionally held in November/December)