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Engineers’ voice crucial to Disaster Risk Reduction efforts, says new report
ICSI and ICE have launched a new report offering input to the Sendai Framework’s Mid-term Review and delivering an engineering perspective on how to better prevent and plan for…
ICSI welcomes WFEO to its Board of Directors
ICSI is delighted to formally welcome the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), and Yetunde Holloway as its representative, onto the ICSI Board of Directors.
ICSI to spotlight infrastructure, energy, and transport resilience at COP27
ICSI is delighted to be hosting and contributing to a number of events at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, with a focus on Infrastructure, Energy, and Mobility.
ICSI & ICE unveil speakers for revamped Brunel Lecture Series
ICE & ICSI reveal keynote speakers to deliver the first lecture in the 2022/23 Brunel International Lecture series.
PAS 2080 – Open for consultation
PAS 2080 – the standard for managing carbon in building and infrastructure – is currently open for review. The amended document will be published later in 2022, following public…
What is the Low Carbon Concrete Routemap and what does it mean for you?
This article was authored by Paul Astle, Associate at Ramboll, and was originally published on the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) website at this link. What is the Low…
5 ways civil engineers can put the COP26 pledges into action
Image caption: COP26 introduced pledges that are changing the way the civil engineering industry works. Image credit: Rafapress/Shutterstock This article was authored by Prof. Jim Hall, professor of climate…
Meaningful measurement for whole-life carbon in infrastructure: a report from The Carbon Project
Some 70% of carbon emissions worldwide can be linked to infrastructure. Civil engineers, as the designers, builders and maintainers of this infrastructure, have a duty to minimise the harmful…
Accelerating deep collaboration: 26 built environment climate action initiatives announced @ COP26
Marking a climate breakthrough for the built environment, a coalition of business and government groups announce 26 climate action initiatives at Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day at COP26.
Brunel International Lecture Series – South Asia lecture
On 1 September the ICE International Brunel Lecture Series moves its focus to South Asia. The lecture will be given by Resilience Shift CEO, Seth Schultz. He will be…
Engineers must rethink their role to match the scale of climate challenge
The need for collaboration, innovation and reskilling were hot topics for debate at the latest Brunel lecture with Seth Schultz featuring speakers from Europe and Resilience Shift Board member…
The importance of engineers in delivering climate targets – Gonzalo Muñoz and Nigel Topping
In this short video, Keynote speakers COP26 High-Level Climate Champions Gonzalo Muñoz, Chile, and Nigel Topping, UK, emphasised to participants at the ICSI Fall 2020 Symposium, the importance of…
Seth Schultz presents ICE’s 13th Brunel International Lecture Series
The latest edition of the series will kick off on 2 December 2020 before travelling virtually around the world, exploring how the engineering community can deliver a carbon-neutral and…