Toward indicators of the performance of US infrastructures under climate change risks

Wilbanks, Thomas J.; Zimmerman, Rae; Julius, Susan; Kirshen, Paul; Smith, Joel; Moss, Richard H.; Solecki, William; Ruth, Matthias; Conrad, Stephen; Fernandez, Steven J.; Matthews, M; Savonis, Michael J.; Scarlett, Lynn; Schwartz Jr., Henry G.; Toole, G L.

doi:10.1007/s10584-020-02942-9

Toward indicators of the performance of US infrastructures under climate change risks

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2020 · Climatic Change

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02942-9· OSTI ID:1773147

Wilbanks, Thomas J. ^[1]; Zimmerman, Rae ^[2]; Julius, Susan ^[3]; Kirshen, Paul ^[4]; Smith, Joel ^[5]; ^[6]; Solecki, William ^[7]; Ruth, Matthias ^[8]; Conrad, Stephen ^[9]; Fernandez, Steven J. ^[1]; Matthews, M ^[10]; Savonis, Michael J. ^[11]; Scarlett, Lynn ^[12]; Schwartz Jr., Henry G. ^[13]; Toole, G L. ^[14]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
New York University
US EPA
University of Massachusetts
Stratus Consulting
BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
Hunter College of the City University of New York
Northeastern University
Sandia National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
ICF International
The Nature Conservancy
HGS Consultants LLC
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Built infrastructures are increasingly disrupted by climate-related extreme events. Being able to monitor what climate change implies for US infrastructures is of considerable importance to all levels of decision-makers. A capacity to develop cross-cutting, widely applicable indicators for more than a dozen different kinds of infrastructure, however, is severely limited at present. The development of such indicators must be considered an ongoing activity that will require expansion and refinement. A number of recent consensus reports suggest four priorities for indicators that portray the impacts of climate change, climate-related extreme events, and other driving forces on infrastructure. These are changes in the reliability of infrastructure services and the implications for costs; changes in the resilience of infrastructures to climate and other stresses; impacts due to the interdependencies of infrastructures; and ongoing adaptation in infrastructures.

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1773147

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-159201

Journal Information:: Climatic Change, Journal Name: Climatic Change Vol. 163

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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