BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Paris X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Paris BEGIN:VEVENT UID:147@wfeo.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250604T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250604T110000 DTSTAMP:20250521T124627Z URL:https://www.wfeo.org/events/wfeo-wg-on-climate-change-webinar-the-wfeo -code-of-practice-principles-of-climate-change-adaptation-and-in-future-re silience-for-engineers-4-june/ SUMMARY:WFEO WG on Climate Change Webinar "The WFEO Code of Practice: Princ iples of Climate Change Adaptation and (in future) Resilience for Engineer s" - 4 June DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe WFEO Working Group on Climate Change\, in partnership w ith the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) will present the third webin ar “The WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate Change Adaptation a nd (in future) Resilience for Engineers” on 4 June 2025 at 4 PM Singapor e / 9 AM UK / 10 AM Paris.\n\nThe registration link is available in this p age: shorturl.at/u2bAI\n\nAbstract\nThe climate is changing. Historical cl imatic design data has become less representative of the future climate. M any future climate risks may be significantly under-estimated. Engineers c annot assume that the future will be similar to the past. Historical clima te trends cannot be simply projected into the future as a basis for engine ering planning\, design\, operations and maintenance of infrastructure.\n\ nAdapting current and future infrastructure to be resilient to extreme wea ther events and long term climate changes over their long service life has become a societal imperative. Engineers need to understand and play a key role in achieving this goal as an integral part of their practice. They m ust keep themselves informed about the changing climate\, and consider its potential impacts on their work. \n\nThe WFEO and its national and intern ational members are committed to raising awareness among engineers about t he potential impacts of the changing climate and how these relate to engin eering of existing and future civil infrastructure and buildings. As such\ , the WFEO Model Code of Practice on Principles of Climate Change Adaptati on for Engineers was developed and published in December 2015 to provide p ractice guidance to engineers to consider the implications of climate chan ge in their professional practice and creating a clear record of the outco mes of those considerations. \n\nThe Model Code was prepared by the WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Engineering and the Environment and subseq uently distributed to national and international members with a recommenda tion to adopt as policy and practice guidance for their own engineers. \n\ nIn 2023\, the WFEO Working Group on Climate Change - the group now charge d by WFEO to engage in climate and engineering issues is currently updatin g the document to include principles of climate resilience and the applica tion of nature-based solutions that have been developed and applied in the 10 years since the Model Code was published.\n\nThis presentation will in troduce and explain the nine principles contained in the published documen t and introduce new principles under consideration related to climate res ilience and the integration of nature-based solutions. \n\nModerator:\nSen g Chuan Tan\, WFEO President-Elect.\n\nPresenter:\nDavid Lapp\, Member\, W FEO Working Group on Climate Change & Associate\, Climate Risk Institute ( Canada).\n \;\nFor more information:\n\n The first edition of the webi nar "The WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate Change Adaptation an d (in future) Resilience for Engineers" - 19 December 2024\n\n The second edition of the webinar "The WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate C hange Adaptation and (in future) Resilience for Engineers" - 14 May 2025\n  \;\n WFEO Working Group on Climate Change website\n \;\n\nDavid L app P.Eng. FCAE FEC IRP\n\nDavid is a professional engineer who graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering from the Univ ersity of Toronto in 1978. Following a career of nearly 20 years in consul ting engineering\, David joined Engineers Canada in 1997 and for the next 23 years he assumed a variety of roles in international affairs\, engineer ing qualifications and international affairs\, co-authoring several nation al and international practice guidelines related to sustainability\, envir onmental stewardship and climate change. \n\nFrom 2005 to 2020\, David ser ved as the project manager for the development\, implementation and on-goi ng program operation for the Engineers Canada PIEVC Protocol\, a structure d process to assess infrastructure climate risks and vulnerabilities to in form the design and operation of climate resilient infrastructure.\nBetwee n 2007 and 2015\, David served as the Secretary for the World Federation o f Engineering Organization’s Committee on Engineering and the Environmen t for host Engineers Canada focusing on climate change\, environment and i nfrastructure issues at the international level\, including continuing act ive engagement with UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. He continue s to volunteer on the Committee as Engineers Canada’s representative.\n\ nIn September 2020\, he joined the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reducti on (ICLR) as a part-time Senior Adviser for Resilient Infrastructure for t he next 15 months. In September 2022\, he joined the Climate Risk Institut e as an Associate.\nDavid is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers (FCAE)\, a Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC) and holds the Infrastructure Resilience Professional (IRP) credential. In 2018 he was given an Award fo r Engineering Excellence from Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) for his work on climate change and engineering as well as an Engineering Excellen ce Award in the same year from the PEO Ottawa Chapter. 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