• Implement forecasting and early warning systems prior to extreme events.
• Include redundancy in the network structure (e.g., see para 9.6.5 and 11.7.3).
• Establish a standby emergency response team to extreme events (e.g., retired
facility employees may be mobilized, provide special reconstruction work permits for foreigners).
• Circumvent promoting investment and settlement in risk-prone areas (e.g. flood
plains or in low-lying coastal areas) to prevent infrastructure development
around them.
• Strategic withdrawal, (i.e. remove infrastructure in high-risk areas), and environmental restoration (e.g., refurbishment of wetlands and mangroves).
10.5 Challenges and Barriers
10.5.1 Introduction
Challenges and barriers, that can hinder timely adaptation implementation plans for
infrastructure, comprise include:
• Information gaps
• Managing Uncertainties
• Balancing Priorities
• Short-term Regulatory Focus
• Discounting of Capital Programmes
10.5.2 Information Gaps
Government can provide information on the projected future climate of the country,
as a public good. This should help public and private sector organisations appreciate
what climate change might imply for them and how they might react. However,
sometimes the organisations need more detailed information than available to
identify their own risks and corresponding responses, as these are context specific.
Infrastructure operators might collect further data and carry out research in order
to identify and model any sector specific risks, entailing detailed climate risk
assessments being generated. This will allow organisations to identify more effective
adaptation strategies and prepare a better action plan. This will also address, more
effectively and efficiently, information gaps, such as operational thresholds.
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• Include redundancy in the network structure (e.g., see para 9.6.5 and 11.7.3).
• Establish a standby emergency response team to extreme events (e.g., retired
facility employees may be mobilized, provide special reconstruction work permits for foreigners).
• Circumvent promoting investment and settlement in risk-prone areas (e.g. flood
plains or in low-lying coastal areas) to prevent infrastructure development
around them.
• Strategic withdrawal, (i.e. remove infrastructure in high-risk areas), and environmental restoration (e.g., refurbishment of wetlands and mangroves).
10.5 Challenges and Barriers
10.5.1 Introduction
Challenges and barriers, that can hinder timely adaptation implementation plans for
infrastructure, comprise include:
• Information gaps
• Managing Uncertainties
• Balancing Priorities
• Short-term Regulatory Focus
• Discounting of Capital Programmes
10.5.2 Information Gaps
Government can provide information on the projected future climate of the country,
as a public good. This should help public and private sector organisations appreciate
what climate change might imply for them and how they might react. However,
sometimes the organisations need more detailed information than available to
identify their own risks and corresponding responses, as these are context specific.
Infrastructure operators might collect further data and carry out research in order
to identify and model any sector specific risks, entailing detailed climate risk
assessments being generated. This will allow organisations to identify more effective
adaptation strategies and prepare a better action plan. This will also address, more
effectively and efficiently, information gaps, such as operational thresholds.
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