We are leading climate risk and resilience experts; able to communicate the science and assist you with recognising and effectively managing risk exposure, and by leveraging our brilliant people, we partner with you to implement strategy, in line with regulatory and economic considerations. We offer the complete package.
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We are leading climate risk and resilience experts; able to communicate the science and assist you with recognising and effectively managing risk exposure, and by leveraging our brilliant people, we partner with you to implement strategy, in line with regulatory and economic considerations. We offer the complete package.
As more and more countries declare climate emergencies, and implement more stringent disclosure reporting requirements for organisations, we remain your trusted partners, supporting Government, Commercial Maritime, Critical and Transport Infrastructure and Defence with world-renowned climate risk and resilience capabilities.
By partnering with us, you will be able to better anticipate, mitigate, and adapt to the increasing risks posed by climate change.
Minimise climate-related financial losses: Our expertise in identifying and assessing climate risks and vulnerabilities can help you make more informed decisions and reduce your exposure to financial losses resulting from climate-related events.
Enhance your sustainability profile: Our solutions help you achieve your sustainability goals by providing you with actionable insights and data-driven recommendations that align with the best practices in climate risk management.
Future-proof your business: Our solutions help you build long-term resilience by providing you with the tools and expertise to adapt to the changing climate and mitigate its impact on your operations, assets, and stakeholders.
Stay ahead of the curve: We keep abreast of the latest climate science, regulatory developments, and emerging risks, allowing you to stay ahead of the curve and proactively manage your climate risks and opportunities.
Improve your reputation: Our offering enables you to demonstrate your commitment to climate action and resilience, enhancing your reputation and stakeholder trust.
Access the complete package: We not only deliver a solution to the risk; by leveraging our brilliant engineers and scientists, we partner with you to implement the strategy.
Climate risk mitigation and decarbonisation are essential strategies for addressing the growing threat of climate change.
Climate risk mitigation involves identifying and reducing the potential impacts of climate change on human and natural systems. This can involve interventions to build the resilience and adaptive capacity of systems to future climate impacts, as well as implementing measures to reduce greenhouse gases, such as:
increasing the use of renewable energy sources
promoting energy efficiency
improving transportation systems or logistics processes.
Decarbonisation, on the other hand, involves transitioning away from the use of fossil fuels and towards cleaner, renewable sources of energy. This is necessary to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere, which contribute to climate change. With our help, our customers are able identify meaningful and achievable emission reduction targets and a means to meet those.
Both climate risk mitigation and decarbonisation are critical components of efforts to create a more sustainable future for our planet and mitigate the impacts of climate change on communities and ecosystems.
Our strong sector knowledge means we can advise you on meaningful decarbonisation targets. We will guide you through the decision-making process, so that you can make informed choices about these targets and help formulate strategies fit for purpose.
Let us help you establish the foundations of a suitable decarbonisation program so that you can drive the transformational change needed for implementation.
Climate knowledge brokering is a process that aims to bridge the gap between the production and use of climate-related information, including science, big data, and best practice.
We support you by facilitating the exchange of information and knowledge among different actors, such as scientists, policy makers, practitioners, and the public, which is important because climate change is a complex and multifaceted issue that requires input and expertise from a range of disciplines and stakeholders.
We can help you understand the cascading nature of risks from climate change and related consequences. So that you can ensure that climate-related information is accessible, relevant, and usable for decision-making at different levels.
This can include the development of climate services, tools, and platforms that support the uptake and application of climate-related information.
Climate knowledge brokering can also help to build trust, promote collaboration, and foster dialogue between different stakeholders, which is essential for addressing the challenges of climate change in a coordinated and effective manner.
Our senior practitioners offer training programs to help you to better understand climate change. So that you can gain the understanding needed to make decisions on future investments to address climate-related risks.
We do more than identify the risk, we guide customers to a solution by developing a plan to mitigate it.
How do you identify which parts of your business are most critically affected by climate extremes?
Climate change vulnerability and risk assessments are crucial tools for understanding the potential impacts of climate change on people, ecosystems, and infrastructure. These assessments involve identifying the exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of different systems to climate change, and evaluating the likelihood and consequences of different climate-related hazards.
Vulnerability assessments can help to identify the most at-risk populations, ecosystems, and infrastructure, and to prioritise adaptation measures accordingly.
Risk assessments can help to inform decisions about where and how to invest in climate resilience, and to evaluate the effectiveness of different adaptation strategies over time. Climate change vulnerability and risk assessments are complex and interdisciplinary and require input from a range of stakeholders with different types of expertise. We can help you understand the vulnerability of your assets, operations, or workforces due to climate impacts.
These assessments are essential for developing evidence-based policies and strategies that can help you to mitigate the impacts of climate change and build a more resilient future for all.
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Imagine being able to appropriately plan for a major weather event, even before it happens.
Climate hazard modelling and mapping are important tools for understanding the potential impacts of climate change on different regions and communities.
Our approach involves using climate data and models to simulate different climate scenarios and to identify areas that are most at risk of climate-related hazards, such as floods, droughts, wildfires, and storms.
Hazard mapping can help to identify areas that are most vulnerable to climate change and to prioritise adaptation measures accordingly. It can also help to inform land-use planning, infrastructure development, and emergency response efforts.
Climate hazard modelling and mapping are complex and require input from a range of experts, including climate scientists, geographers, and emergency managers.
We provide reliable, accurate mapping of current and future hazards across key climate issues and can help you represent climate risks through numerical modelling and geographic information system (GIS) mapping outputs.
Our industry-leading hydraulic modelling software, TUFLOW can be customised to any scenario to offer robust flood, urban drainage, estuarine and coastal assessments. It has been setting the benchmark for accuracy, speed, and workflow efficiency for the past 30 years.
How can you ensure your preparedness and response plan addresses the different climate hazards?
Climate resilience and adaptation planning are critical strategies for addressing the impacts of climate change.
As the planet continues to warm and weather patterns become more extreme, governments, communities and businesses must adapt to these changes to protect themselves and their livelihoods.
Climate resilience refers to the ability of a system or community to absorb and recover from climate-related stresses, while adaptation planning involves taking proactive measures to reduce vulnerability to these stresses. Developing a suitable strategy involves considering different climate change scenarios.
Effective climate resilience and adaptation planning requires collaboration between government agencies, businesses, and local communities to identify and prioritise risks and develop strategies to address them. We work with you to identify suitable solutions that contribute to climate risk mitigation and the sustainability.
By investing in these strategies, we can better prepare for the impacts of climate change and build more resilient communities for the future.
Greenhouse gas accounting refers to the process of measuring and reporting the emissions of various greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, from a particular activity or sector. This helps identify areas of high emissions and opportunities for reductions.
Decarbonisation advice involves identifying strategies to reduce emissions and transition towards a low-carbon economy. This can include increasing energy efficiency, transitioning to renewable energy sources, and implementing carbon capture and storage technologies.
Both greenhouse gas accounting and decarbonisation advice are critical for businesses, governments, and individuals to understand their impact on the environment and take steps to reduce it. We conduct these assessments and audits and make practical recommendations for reducing carbon emissions. As well as help you achieve accredited ratings for facilities and infrastructure and provide practical advice to reduce energy and water usage, resulting in high-cost savings and environmental benefits.
By accounting for and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we can work towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
Did you know, you can develop nature-based solutions that absorb carbon but also have a host of co-benefits – natural protections from hazards, biodiversity, water quality benefits.
Blue carbon credits and offsetting are two strategies used to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Blue carbon refers to carbon stored in coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrass beds, and salt marshes. These ecosystems are incredibly effective at capturing and storing carbon, making them an important tool in the fight against climate change.
Wetlands store more carbon than terrestrial forests and yet despite this, in the last 50 years 35% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared.
Blue carbon credits involve issuing credits to companies or individuals who invest in projects that protect or restore these ecosystems, thereby offsetting their own carbon emissions.
Offsetting refers to the practice of balancing out carbon emissions by supporting projects that reduce emissions or capture carbon elsewhere. This can include funding renewable energy projects or investing in reforestation efforts.
We have worked in blue carbon for over 50 years. As momentum grows globally toward better use of coastal 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 programs that generate carbon credits.
Both blue carbon credits and offsetting are important tools in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but they should not be seen as a substitute for reducing emissions at the source. Instead, they can be used as part of a broader strategy to address climate change and transition to a more sustainable future.
We are proud of the work we have done in coral reef restoration and rehabilitation, including assisting island conservation managers across the Pacific and Indian Oceans to build resilience and restore these critical marine ecosystems.
Climate Risk Tools for Households and Small Businesses
These tools developed for State and Local Governments provide practical advice for householders and small businesses to assess their climate risk and develop local solutions quickly and easily.
Guidelines for Climate Risk and Coastal Transport Infrastructure
These national guidelines outline how road, rail, port, and airports can assess and respond to coastal climate risk challenges.
Guidelines for Hospitals and the Health sector
These guidelines advise the health sector around the future risks and adaptation pathways for dealing with climate-related human health issues.
Asset Management Risk (AMR) Tool
Our AMR tool provides an online and clickable spatial asset vulnerability tool using ArcGIS storyboard. It stores information on risks to physical assets from future climate change and can track change over the design life of the infrastructure.
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.
Jaret Fattori's article in Port Strategy discusses how ports are adapting to climate change and IFRS S-2 regulations. Emphasising the shift towards sustainability through digital integration, decarbonisation, and innovative fuel alternatives, he explores the significant role of collaboration in advancing port sustainability and innovation.
The regulatory landscape in Canada is evolving rapidly, reflecting a growing awareness of the need for more sustainable practices and responsible business conduct.
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
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
Our team of environmental consultants has been chosen to lead a research project to provide further evidence for actions to be incorporated into the Scottish National Adaptation Plan (SNAP). To help address risks and opportunities identified in the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (UKCCRA). The research is commissioned for the Scottish Government through ClimateXChange (CXC) - Scotland’s centre of expertise on climate change.
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.
