Dave Bigelow - Climate Risk Assessment

Dave Bigelow, M. Sc., P. Eng., presents a lecture on "Climate Risk Assessment", which is hosted by the Calgary Geotechnical Society. Please visit our website for more information on this lecture and upcoming talks: https://cgygeosociety.org/. Abstract: Climate change is having immediate and direct impacts on our communities, environment, and infrastructure. It is well understood that climate change impacts should be considered in design to increase resilience, but it is not always obvious where to prioritize our efforts. These efforts are further hampered by questions of which datasets to use and how to use them. Climate risk assessments provide screening-level analyses of relevant hazards and assets to identify where to focus resilience efforts. This talk will provide a concise overview of applied climate science, showing how results from climate model projections can be used in engineering applications. It will cover the basics of how climate models work, how to handle uncertainty, where to find data, and how to use that data in a risk assessment framework.