User Interface Platform for Infrastructure

Climate Change is stressing costly infrastructure across Africa (roads, water reservoir destroyed, bridges broken and water flowing above…). In Africa, the risks associated to climate change are not integrated in infrastructure planning, design and development reducing life time and expected benefits overt the theoretical operational life time of the infrastructure.  Investments in existing and planned infrastructure should include future climate scenarios for climate resilient design, building and operation.  The infrastructure of the 21^st century should provide socioeconomic and environmental benefits and contribute to adaptation to the impacts of climate change.  Rising waters in coastal cities, more strong storms, droughts and floods projected combined with population growth in cities or low-lying settlements are putting high pressure on infrastructure initially not prepared to withstand such pressure.  Significant assets in Africa are projected to be vulnerable to infrastructure damages. 

In response to the challenge of strengthening infrastructure resilience, ACMAD and partners through the User interface platform for DRR is organizing the meeting of the ClimSA User interface platform for DRR with emphasis on climate services for infrastructure resilience in Africa to raise awareness for increase investments in infrastructure supporting climate adaptation through partnerships with Federation of African Organizations of Engineers (FAOE).