This conference will bring together stakeholders involved in standards for the infrastructure sector (Construction, Energy, Transport, ICT) and other standard writers interested in incorporating adaptation to climate change, with experts on climate adaptation, climate change scientists and experts for management of climate risks.
The multitude of challenges posed by climate change are increasingly being recognized. As part of an EC mandate started in 2014, the Commission and CEN-CENELEC have sought to address the adaptation of European standards and standardization to climate change, with special emphasis on the resilience of key sectors. This conference seeks to share practical insights and lessons learnt in how Technical Committees have addressed the challenges of embedding adaptation to climate change within their standards, as well as national experiences with regard to action needed in standardisation at the national level. The aim is to offer support and a useful toolbox for standard writers to consider adaptation to climate change and foster cross-sectoral exchange of experiences in order to contribute to more climate resilient standards throughout Europe.
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Concrete approaches and examples in standards will be highlighted and the application of newly developed climate change guidance in standardisation will be demonstrated.
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The availability and usage of future climate data in standards will be examined and illustrated by practical projects.
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Examples of climate adaptation in national standards and recommended actions at the national level will be shown.
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Barriers and enablers in standards development will also be discussed more broadly, setting out the direction in which the standardisation community needs to go in the long-term in order to address the new European policy objectives and to effectively tackle the challenges of a changing climate.
There are no fees to participate in this webinar.