Plans set out practical steps for six stakeholder groups, from contractors to materials suppliers, to tackle overheating, wildfires, floods and drought after a summer of heatwaves.
Practical action plans to help built environment professionals build climate resilience into projects and protect against extreme weather events have been launched by the UKGBC (the UK Green Building Council).
With the UK suffering multiple heatwaves this summer and resulting wildfires devastating homes and buildings, the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap Stakeholder Action Plans help design teams reduce risk by responding to climate hazards like overheating, wildfires, storms, floods and drought.
Developed by UKGBC in collaboration with partners, the plans translate the goals of the Climate Resilience Roadmap, which launched last year, into practical actions for different stakeholder groups. As well as helping professionals and organisations understand their own role in building resilience, the free-to-use plans also highlight where coordinated stakeholder action is needed.
Specific plans for six built environment groups have also been launched, including project teams, building owners and occupiers, contractors, developers, infrastructure, materials suppliers and product manufacturers.
Whether organisations are just starting to understand climate risks, or are embedding good practice, the plans set-out immediate and longer-term actions towards building a more resilient built environment.
Dr Macarena Cárdenas, senior advisor for resilience and nature at UKGBC, said: “These plans turn the roadmap’s ambition into practical actions for the built environment professionals, moving from risk to action and from ambition to implementation.”
UKGBC is a membership-based charity with a mission to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment. It is part of a network of some 80 national GBCs globally, which collectively have 46,000 members creating the most influential local-regional-global action network.
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