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Join PIARC’s next workshop on Climate Impacts and Road Resilience, on 2 & 4 June!

10 May 2021

Do you want to increase your knowledge on how to make risk assessments and tackle them? If so, join to the upcoming virtual workshop on Climate Impacts and Road Resilience, organised by PIARC’s Technical Committee 1.4 Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks on 2 and 4 June 2021.

Join PIARC’s next workshop on Climate Impacts and Road Resilience, on 2 & 4 June!

This workshop will provide an overview of the challenges to managing climatic impacts and road resilience by presenting approaches and case studies from different countries.

PIARC Technical Committee 1.4 Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks aims to update the PIARC International Climate Change Adaptation Framework for Road Infrastructure (developed in previous PIARC cycles) and seeks to identify uniform and holistic methodological approaches to climate change and other hazards resilience.

The workshop is organized and supported by members of the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) and the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure Network of Experts (BMVI-NoE), which brings together expertise of seven departmental research facilities and executive agencies of the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). Its objective is to address future transport issues through innovations in the areas of adaption to climate change, environmental protection and risk management

The workshop provides an opportunity to share international knowledge and comprises of six sessions over two days:

Day 1 (2 June):

  • Session I: Climate impact assessment
  • Session II: Resilience Management
  • Session III: Adaptation to climate change

Day 2 (4 June):

  • Session IV: Hazards assessments
  • Session V: Criticality assessments
  • Session VI: Climate change and regulations

Discover the full programme here


How do I register?

Register by clicking on the following link. The webinar is free and open to all, and will be held in English.


When will it be held?

The workshop is on 2 and 4 June 2021, from 13.00 to 15.30 (Berlin time)


Further information: