IPE Webcast: Beyond Greenwashing: Proven Strategies to Protect Infrastructure from Climate Risk

What can infrastructure companies do to adapt to climate change — and how do we know what actually works?

The ClimaTech project was designed to answer this question with a structured, research-driven approach to physical risk mitigation and adaptation. While climate risks are widely acknowledged, there is still no comprehensive, sector-specific tool that links infrastructure type and exposure to the most impactful strategies for reducing risk. This leaves decision-makers without the granular, asset-level insights needed to take meaningful action.

Backed by two years of research and nine peer-reviewed publications, ClimaTech fills this critical gap. It offers the first comprehensive database of 103 strategies spanning both decarbonisation (Scopes 1, 2, and 3) and physical risks (floods, storms, heat, and wildfires) along with an assessment of their application to different infrastructure types, strategy effectiveness, their key enabling technologies and protection levels. These strategies are assessed across 101 infrastructure types, resulting in more than 1,800 evaluated applications.

What will we show?

We’ll demonstrate how ClimaTech brings together scientific reviews, technical documentation, and real-world examples in an interactive tool (currently in development). The platform allows users to explore what works, for which company types, and for which risks.

Sectors in focus

We’ll highlight examples from transport and water treatment, where climate risks are acute and adaptation pathways are diverse.

Use case

We’ll share a practical case study to illustrate how ClimaTech insights support infrastructure risk analysis, using publicly available data to keep the focus transparent and actionable.

Join us to explore what infrastructure resilience to transition and physical risks looks like when it's objective, systematic, measurable and science-based.

Speakers

Nishtha Manocha, Project Lead, Clima Tech, EDHEC Climate Institute

Nishtha is the Chief Operating Officer of Scientific Climate Ratings and Project Lead of ClimaTech at EDHEC Climate Institute, where she heads the Technology Taxonomy for Climate Resilience and Transition, a pioneering research effort to map and evaluate decarbonisation and resilience strategies across infrastructure sectors. Before joining EDHEC, Nishtha worked as a senior consultant in the water sector, creating digital platforms to assess and mitigate climate risks in urban catchments. She holds a PhD in infrastructure investments under uncertainty from the National University of Singapore and has authored several peer-reviewed research, translating complex climate data into actionable insights.

Conor Hubert, Sustainability Research Engineer, EDHEC Climate Institute

Conor is a Sustainability Research Engineer at EDHEC Climate Institute, helping to build the science and engineering evidence to understand infrastructure's sustainability risks. He develops engineering-based research and analysis into the physical and financial risks in infrastructure that arise from its carbon emissions, environmental impacts and vulnerability to changing climate. Conor was previously Sustainability Consultant at BuroHappold Engineering, where he worked on several city and district-level masterplans creating sustainability strategies to serve the development in a sustainable and people-centric way, whilst considering phasing and cost planning. Conor holds an MEng in civil engineering from the University of Bristol.

Moderated by Brendan Maton, Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE)