As emerging leaders in the field of climate change resilience and adaptation, we work across a broad range of sectors, including state and local government agencies, critical infrastructure, finance, health, defence, and security.
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Senior Principal Consultant - Environment
As more and more countries declare a climate emergency, the global race to net-zero carbon emissions is essential. But equally, governments and businesses must prepare for new climate extremes by understanding the risks appropriately, building local resilience, and ultimately developing new adaptation pathways to climate change.
We provide bespoke services to help your organisation understand methods and approaches for carbon accounting and reducing carbon emissions.
We can help you understand and adapt to climate change with a range of services, including translating complicated climate science and emission scenarios and allowing you to obtain and interpret relevant climate and hazard data sets.
We bridge the gap between science, big data, and best practice with training programs in climate risk and adaptation.
Thanks to our fusion of expert strategic planning skills and detailed technical assessment capabilities, we can support you through a three-pass risk assessment process from general awareness to a thorough understanding of exposure and risk.
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We provide reliable, accurate mapping of current and future hazards across key climate issues such as flooding, erosion, sea-level rise, heat, and drought. We can help you represent climate risks through numerical modelling and GIS mapping outputs.
We do more than assess the physical risks of climate change - we engage with investors and insurers to develop practical solutions.
We have a wealth of experience developing climate regulatory instruments, policy development, adaptation plans and associated guidelines.
We conduct greenhouse gas assessments and audits and make practical recommendations for reducing carbon emissions.
We can help you achieve accredited ratings for facilities and infrastructure and provide practical advice to reduce energy and water usage, resulting in high cost and environmental benefits.
We have worked in the blue carbon space for over 50 years. As momentum grows globally toward more and better use of coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, saltmarsh and seagrass ecosystems as highly effective carbon sinks, we can help you undertake carbon accounting assessments for natural ecosystems as well as designing and implementing large scale restoration and rehabilitation programmes that generate carbon credits.
Our expertise is also well demonstrated in the area of coral reef restoration and rehabilitation, assisting island conservation managers across the Pacific and Indian Oceans to build resilience and restore these critical marine ecosystems.
Dr Philip Haines discusses the partnership to develop a climate change adaptation plan in the Solomon Islands.
Climate change is happening around the world. Ocean heatwaves cause coral bleaching events which can occur at a large scale and result in massive die-off (bleaching) of corals.
It is increasingly recognised by defence forces around the world that climate change poses an increasing threat to peace and security in the world. Its impacts can undermine livelihoods, increase involuntary migration, and reduce the ability of states to provide security.
There is increasing recognition by mining executives that extreme weather events and other impacts of a changing climate are becoming central to the corporate risk profile of their industry.
With the recent impacts of severe weather events across North and South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales still fresh in our minds, the east coast of Australia has regularly felt the impacts of the La Niña season.
What does it mean for an offshore asset to be "Hurricane Ready"? What should asset managers consider when inspecting monitoring systems ahead of a hurricane season?
To ensure that the platform's integrity is maintained during a hurricane, measuring the mooring systems and GPS data can provide remote operators confidence that the platform is upright and on location.
Preparing offshore and nearshore energy projects for tropical storms.
The Singapore Exchange Regulation, the regulatory arm of the Singapore Exchange, makes climate-related disclosures mandatory for companies.
Major Projects Lead and Senior Principal Consultant, Greg Fisk, discusses the growing need for sector-specific guidance for marinas and boat yards, in-light of increasing regulation to decarbonise industries.
What are the implications of extreme heat, and how can we build heat resilience in our cities? With heat waves projected to increase in frequency, intensity, and duration, cities must develop an approach to reduce heat-related impacts. To develop such an approach, we should invest in proactive action, building anticipation, enhancing preparedness levels, and ensuring an efficient response mechanism.
While we have invested effort and resources in creating flood-resilient environments, we are far from resilient if we look at the overall climate risk. How can we expand our thinking on climate risk and become more aware of the potential consequences?
The United Nations Have Reached Agreement on the Language for a New Treaty on Ocean Biodiversity on the High Seas
How should airports protect against climate risk? Greg Fisk discusses issues surrounding climate resilience for airports.
‘Resilience of Coastal Cities’: an exploration of coastal city resilience strategies using the “QCoast 2100” case from BMT in Australia
In September 2022, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) announced Australia was entering its third La Niña summer. With catchments already saturated from months of rain, flooding remains a real possibility this summer in many locations, even under more typical summer rain in the tropics.
Because they are situated in current and future hazard areas and exposed to increasing climate-related risks, maritime infrastructure owners and operators (across ports, harbours, marinas and shipyards) are situated in current and future hazard areas and exposed to increasing climate-related risks given their proximity to the coast and waterways. As the current and potential future impacts from climate become better understood, many maritime sector organisations are starting to take their first steps toward resilience and adaptation planning.
BMT is a conference sponsor, speaker and exhibitor at the 2021 Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Conference annual conference focused on looking at how asset management can meet the challenges of climate change.
International maritime transport, vital to globalised trade and commerce, is facing various climate change challenges.
BMT grows its climate and environment capability worldwide by appointing a Global Lead for Climate Risk and Resilience.
Blue Economy, Springboard for Sustainable Development in Australia’s ocean economies.
This year the Joint Information Group Vanguard’s Defence Sustainability Challenge called for radical proposals to help Defence reduce its impact on the environment while still achieving its objectives.
BMT’s ‘Energy Saving Technology (EST) Asset Leasing Models’ project announced as one of the competition winners in UK’s first funding call to industry
Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) announces commencement of its research program with commissioning of 17 scoping projects, with BMT’s collaboration to boost ties between industry, researchers and the community.
BMT’s Rick Cox and Greg Fisk will present and participate in a live Q&A on climate change impacts and planning at “AAPA Anywhere” webinar.
BMT to Lead Cutting-Edge Marine Science for NOAA on $3B ProTech Oceans Domain IDIQ
BMT positions for further growth of climate risk & resilience capabilities in region. Ian is a translator, facilitator, innovator and strategist.
Keeping coastal environments safe from erosion is a challenging task that can require more refined approaches than simple seawalls.
We are pleased to announce Jaret Fattori has joined BMT in Canada to lead the development of the North American Climate and Environment team.
The Marina Industries Association (MIA) is proud to announce the launch of a new and important Environmental Partnership with BMT, a leading international design, engineering, science and risk management consultancy.
