Event Dates:15 Nov, 2023, 17:00-19:00
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The Foundry, Brunel Rooms, 1 Straight Street, Bristol, BS2 0FQ

Building Climate Resilience in Bristol

Join UKGBC CEO, Smith Mordak and partners Hoare Lea and BCO for a lively panel event discussing the challenges and opportunities of climate resilience in Bristol.
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Extreme weather events intensifying across the globe present an urgent need to adapt our buildings, cities and communities to the impacts of the climate emergency. From extreme heat in our summers to repeated flash flooding across the UK, 60% of the UK’s climate-related risks are currently rated in the most severe urgency category.  

Our climate is changing, rapidly and dangerously. In the UK, climate change is causing hotter, driers summers and wetter, windier winters that are having increasingly severe health, economic, and social impacts for our built environment and communities. It’s vital to address how our buildings and infrastructure can be adapted to remain fit for the future.

 

Individually, built environment professionals have a key role to play in adapting to the climate, from assessing risks to built assets and creating actionable plans, designing buildings that can handle the impacts of extreme weather, to funding extra resilience measures for our cities. In addition, a significant gear shift is required to drive systemic and institutionalised change across the industry, with a focus on delivering the scalable and widespread actions necessary to increase the UK’s resilience to climate change.

UKGBC has been working with our network to co-create science-based, industry-wide targets through our Resilience Roadmap project. The main objectives of the Resilience Roadmap project are to:
Define a resilient UK built environment.
Set science-based targets and measurable metrics for climate resilience.
Measure the baseline climate resilience of the UKGBC built environment.
Identify the obstacles of adaptation including social, economic, political and technical barriers.
Identify the key actions for built environment stakeholders to ramp up adaptation action.
Identify key policies for national and local governments to improve our resilience.

This event is a collaboration between Hoare Lea, UKGBC and BCO. The event will showcase the Soapworks development in Bristol, exploring the ESG credentials of the project and the links to climate resilience and adaptation. We will also hear from a panel of experts, discussing climate resilience and adaptation, chaired by the new UKGBC CEO, Smith Mordak. The panel discussion will be followed by networking and opportunity for further discussion.

Why attend?

1
Understand how climate resilience can impact you and your organisation, now
2
Hear first-hand expert’s insights on climate resilience with a localised perspective
3
Understand the scope, objectives and impact of UKGBC’s ground-breaking Resilience Roadmap project and how to get involved
4
Connect and network with built environment professionals in the region
5
Be empowered to mitigate risk and take action with front-of-industry insights

Who should attend?

Built environment professionals based in the South West.

UKGBC is hosting this event series across our regional network.

Find your nearest event and sign up:

London

Thursday 5th October, 17:00 – 19:00

Bristol

Wednesday 15th November, 17:00 – 19:00

Find out more about UKGBC’s work on Climate Adaptation here.

As the climate crisis intensifies and extreme weather events become more common, the UK’s buildings, cities and critical infrastructure, and the communities that use and occupy these, are in increasing danger. It’s vital to address how our buildings and infrastructure can be adapted to remain fit for the future.
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