About the event:
Climate change is urging global structural shifts in the energy systems infrastructure. Across the sector, there is a need for building climate resilience comprehensively, with emphasis on both the extant and emerging sources of energy, along with addressing vulnerabilities throughout the whole value chain. Managing disaster resilience of the energy assets, renewable energy microgrids, and other disruptive innovations will underpin the resilience of energy infrastructure in the future. This also becomes crucial considering that energy is at the heart of the solution to the climate challenge (IPCC. 2022). With increasing threats to energy security due to extreme weather events and climate trends, actions for resilience, mitigation, and adaptation are needed on aspects concerning the disaster resilience of infrastructure.
This side-event provided a strategic opportunity to convene a dialogue among key stakeholders in the energy transition space to deliberate on a multi-perspective and holistic approach to the climate and disaster resilience of energy infrastructure. The event also served as a soft launch of the Community of Practice (CoP) on Resilient Infrastructure for Energy Transition under the foundational guidance of CDRI and the contribution of WMO, IEA, and IAEA. The dialogue did yield pointers that influences the programming of the key stakeholders in this space for promoting an energy transition that is climate and disaster resilient.
The event was organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), and contributed by the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
Additional information:
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