The Climate Impacts Mitigation, Adaption and Resilience (CLIMAR) framework
The Climate Impacts Mitigation, Adaption and Resilience (CLIMAR) framework
by Energy Futures Lab
About this event
Environmental Intelligence is the integration of Environmental data and knowledge and Artificial Intelligence to provide the meaningful insight to inform decision-making, improved risk management, and the technological innovation that will lead us towards a sustainable interaction with the natural environment. The Climate Impacts Mitigation, Adaption and Resilience (CLIMAR) framework uses Data Science and AI to integrate multiple sources of data to quantify the risks of climate change on populations, infrastructure and the economy. Models for climate related hazards (e.g. increased frequency of extreme weather events, flooding, summer temperatures, wind speeds) are integrated with data and models for whether individual ‘assets’ (e.g. electricity substations, windfarms, roads, vulnerable members of the population) are exposed and, given exposure, the extent to which they are vulnerable to those hazards. The CLIMAR framework provides the ability to quantify and visualise the effects of changes in our environment at highly localised levels and, through integration with economic and operational models, to run virtual scenarios in which the effects of potential mitigation and adaptation measures can be assessed. Examples include energy system security, transportation, telecommunications, agriculture, critical infrastructure, and health. This ability is going to be crucial across a wide variety of sectors in designing pathways to Net-Zero and enhancing our resilience to climate change.
Energy Futures Lab is one of seven Global Institutes at Imperial College London. The institute was established to address global energy challenges by identifying and leading new opportunities to serve industry, government and society at large through high quality research, evidence and advocacy for positive change. The institute aims to promote energy innovation and advance systemic solutions for a sustainable energy future by bringing together the science, engineering and policy expertise at Imperial and fostering collaboration with a wide variety of external partners. The Energy Futures Lab daytime seminars are delivered by staff and students from across the College and further afield.
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