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Jim Hall, OPSIS Director and Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks at the University of Oxford, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).

The Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme that supports the roll-out of improved, climate resilient infrastructure in developing countries has received a huge cash boost of £57m. This means CCG will continue until 2030 and expand the number of countries with which it works.

Our paper published today in Nature Climate Change. “Climate threats to coastal infrastructure and sustainable development outcomes”, can help identify areas where adaptation measures should be prioritised to protect the local population’s access to critical infrastructure services and safeguard current SDG progress.

Our research featured in some important sessions at the COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai as part of our engagement with current international discussions to help accelerate action to meet the resilient infrastructure needs of the more climate-vulnerable and/or poorest countries.

Unnecessary costs will be saved by the water industry in England and Wales thanks to a new water resources model to be developed by Dr Anna Murgatroyd.

The IMF in collaboration with OPSIS researchers today launched ‘PortWatch’, a new online portal to monitor and simulate trade disruptions due to climate extremes and other shocks. PortWatch is a collaborative innovation between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the University of Oxford.

A new Global Resilience Index, developed by researchers at OPSIS, is helping policy makers understand climate risks to global infrastructure systems and plan appropriate investments and interventions. Understanding climate-related impacts on global infrastructure is vital to attempts to adapt energy, transport, water, and digital technology systems to withstand climate change.

OPSIS has been working with the Jamaican Government for nearly 18 months, after developing the Jamaica Systemic Risk Assessment Tool (J-SRAT), which can identify systemic climate risks and climate hotspots.

More than $122 billion of economic activity - $81 billion in international trade - is at risk from the impact of extreme climate events, according to new research released today by OPSIS.

On Thursday this week, Professor Jim Hall delivered the Annual Clark Lecture 2023 in the School of Engineering at Birmingham University entitled: Prioritizing Adaptation for Resilient Infrastructure. Infrastructure systems, including energy, transport and water, are exposed to the impacts of climate change.