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:123@wfeo.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20241219T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20241219T170000 DTSTAMP:20250514T103018Z 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/ 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" DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe WFEO Working Group on Climate Change\, in partnership w ith the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) will present the webinar ent itled “The WFEO Code of Practice: Principles of Climate Change Adaptatio n and (in future) Resilience for Engineers” on 19 December 2024 at 10:00 - 11:00 AM EST / 4:00 - 5:00 PM CET.\n\nThe registration link is availabl e in this page: shorturl.at/L2t8x\n\nAbstract\nThe climate is changing. Hi storical climatic design data has become less representative of the future climate. Many future climate risks may be significantly under-estimated. Engineers cannot assume that the future will be similar to the past. Histo rical climate trends cannot be simply projected into the future as a basis for engineering planning\, design\, operations and maintenance of infrast ructure.\n\nAdapting current and future infrastructure to be resilient to extreme weather events and long term climate changes over their long servi ce 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 pract ice. They must keep themselves informed about the changing climate\, and c onsider its potential impacts on their work. \n\nThe WFEO and its national and international members are committed to raising awareness among engine ers about the potential impacts of the changing climate and how these rela te to engineering of existing and future civil infrastructure and building s. As such\, the WFEO Model Code of Practice on Principles of Climate Chan ge Adaptation for Engineers was developed and published in December 2015 t o provide practice guidance to engineers to consider the implications of c limate change in their professional practice and creating a clear record o f the outcomes of those considerations. \n\nThe Model Code was prepared b y the WFEO Standing Technical Committee on Engineering and the Environment and subsequently distributed to national and international members with a recommendation to adopt as policy and practice guidance for their own eng ineers. \n\nIn 2023\, the WFEO Working Group on Climate Change - the group now charged by WFEO to engage in climate and engineering issues is curren tly updating the document to include principles of climate resilience and the application of nature-based solutions that have been developed and app lied in the 10 years since the Model Code was published.\n\nThis presentat ion will introduce and explain the nine principles contained in the publis hed document and introduce new principles under consideration related to climate resilience and the integration of nature-based solutions. \n\nMode rator:\nSeng Chuan Tan\, WFEO President-Elect.\n\nPresenter:\nDavid Lapp\, Member\, WFEO Working Group on Climate Change & Associate\, Climate Risk Institute (Canada).\n \;\nFor more information:\n\n WFEO Working Group on Climate Change website\n \;\n\nDavid Lapp P.Eng. FCAE FEC IRP\n\nD avid is a professional engineer who graduated with a Bachelor of Applied S cience in Geological Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1978. F ollowing a career of nearly 20 years in consulting engineering\, David joi ned Engineers Canada in 1997 and for the next 23 years he assumed a variet y of roles in international affairs\, engineering qualifications and inter national affairs\, co-authoring several national and international practic e guidelines related to sustainability\, environmental stewardship and cli mate change. \n\nFrom 2005 to 2020\, David served as the project manager f or the development\, implementation and on-going program operation for the Engineers Canada PIEVC Protocol\, a structured process to assess infrastr ucture climate risks and vulnerabilities to inform the design and operatio n of climate resilient infrastructure.\nBetween 2007 and 2015\, David serv ed as the Secretary for the World Federation of Engineering Organization ’s Committee on Engineering and the Environment for host Engineers Canad a focusing on climate change\, environment and infrastructure issues at th e international level\, including continuing active engagement with UN Fra mework Convention on Climate Chnage. He continues to volunteer on the Comm ittee as Engineers Canada’s representative.\n\nIn September 2020\, he jo ined the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) as a part-time S enior Adviser for Resilient Infrastructure for the next 15 months. In Sept ember 2022\, he joined the Climate Risk Institute as an Associate.\n\nDavi d is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers (FCAE)\, a Fellow of En gineers Canada (FEC) and holds the Infrastructure Resilience Professional (IRP) credential. In 2018 he was given an Award for Engineering Excellence from Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) for his work on climate change and engineering as well as an Engineering Excellence Award in the same yea r from the PEO Ottawa Chapter. 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