26 Feb (CLIM) Rozenberg, Climate Resilience

Julie Rozenberg, World Bank 

Modeling climate resilience in infrastructure systems 

Wed, 26 Feb, 1:30pm 

Innovation 134 and via Zoom (for link, email bklinger@gmu.edu) 

Host: Edward Oughton & Luis Ortiz 

This talk will give an overview of several papers and a book that lay out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience—the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural shock—and that makes an economic case for building more resilient infrastructure. The talk will focus on models to assess the propagation of climate shocks through infrastructure networks and to prioritize infrastructure investments, but will also discuss broader sets of interventions that increase the resilience of infrastructure users to climate shocks.