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XXVIIth World Road Congress
Proceedings of the Congress

Technical Session 1.4 - Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks

Wednesday, October 4 09:30 - 13:00
Chair: Caroline EVANS (Australia) and Fernando MENDOZA (Mexico), Chair and Secretary of PIARC TC 1.4 on Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks
Room: Panorama Hall, 1st floor

This session presented the work accomplished by the PIARC Committee during 2020–2023 on the following issues: 1.4.1 Uniform and holistic methodological approaches to resilience against Climate Change and other hazards. 1.4.2 Update of the PIARC International Climate Change Adaptation Framework for Road Infrastructure. 

The session was complemented by the results of the call for papers on the following topics: 1. Practical studies to increase the resilience of the road network. 2. Climate change adaptation actions for road infrastructure. 3. Cross-cutting issues of resilience and climate change.

Two winners of the PIARC Prizes presented their papers at this session:

  • Fernanda OLIVEIRA DE SOUSA, Brazil, winner of the Prize "Authors from LMICs" supported by the Japan Road Association,
  • Fernando JIMENEZ, Spain, winner of the Prize "Climate Change and Resilience" sponsored by Australia and New Zealand.
  1. Welcome and session introduction
  2. Presentations
  3. Questions and Answers
  4. Presentations
  5. Questions and Answers
  6. Presentations
  7. Questions and Answers
  8. Conclusion
  9. Final Conclusions
  10. Organization

Welcome and session introduction

• Caroline EVANS, Current Chair of PIARC TC 1.4 on Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks, Australia

Presentations

Accomplishments of Working Groups

  • Case study task force: Briefing note
    Lennart MEINE (Germany) - BASt
  • Uniform and holistic methodological approaches to climate change and other hazards resilience
    Marie COLIN (France) - Cerema
  • Update of the PIARC Climate Change Adaptation Framework
    Gordana PETKOVIC (Norway) - NPRA
    Stuart WOODS (New Zealand) - Waka Kotahi, TA

Questions and Answers

• Caroline EVANS, Current Chair of PIARC TC 1.4 on Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks, Australia

Presentations

Results of the call for papers

Questions and Answers

• Shafiq ALAM, Next Chair of PIARC TC 1.4 on Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks, Australia

Break

Presentations

Results of the call for papers (continued)

Questions and Answers

• Shafiq ALAM, Next Chair of PIARC TC 1.4 on Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks, Australia

Conclusion

• Shafiq ALAM, Next Chair of PIARC TC 1.4 on Climate Change and Resilience of Road Networks, Australia

Final Conclusions

Organization

Session Organisers: Caroline EVANS, Australia and Fernando MENDOZA, Mexico