ICSI leads and participates in a number of high-impact programmes and initiatives that are driving transformative change across sectors and geographies.
Resilience4Ports (R4P) is a multi-stakeholder whole-system approach in the global maritime sector that seeks to enhance the resilience of ports and the communities that rely on them. As the world undergoes fundamental shifts due to decarbonisation, technological advancement and climate change, R4P seeks to ensure that maritime systems can withstand, recover from and respond to these changes.
A new collaborative effort to build a global engineering workforce that is equipped with the right skills, in the right places. It aims to become the definitive multi-stakeholder platform for tracking progress across the engineering profession, identifying emerging trends and skill requirements, and informing policy and investment decisions.
One of the greatest barriers to building in a sustainable and resilient way is a lack of capacity among local government officials, engineers, developers, and financiers. To address this need, the founding partners of the Infrastructure Sustainability Learning (ISLe) Initiative are creating virtual communities of practice for sustainable infrastructure practitioners to learn from experts and from one another.
In an effort to highlight some of the exemplary climate-resilient infrastructure projects from around the world, ICSI has created The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report series. This series of publications is affiliated with the UN-backed Race to Resilience global campaign, which aims to catalyse action to enhance the resilience of 4 billion people from communities vulnerable to climate change by 2030.
SYstemic Mobilisation for Joint Biodiversity and Infrastructure (SYMBIOSIS) is a pioneering interdisciplinary initiative aimed at integrating biodiversity throughout the lifecycle of railway infrastructure projects, fostering a collaborative and holistic approach to create sustainable and resilient infrastructure, whilst contributing to a unified European biodiversity baseline.
This Foresight Review will seek to achieve new clarity on the definition of Nature-positive Engineering, gain insights into the current state of practice, insights and research in this field, identify new and emerging trends, and provide a framework for traditional engineering approaches to become ecology-inspired from ideation to implementation and delivery.
The Engineering Leadership Group (ELG) is the collective voice of the engineering services community on how society responds to the most challenging issues of infrastructure sustainability. Hosted by ICSI, the ELG promotes infrastructure and related engineered solutions that are equitable, resilient, and deliver long-term economic, social and environmental benefits for society and natural ecosystems.
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) has commissioned The Global Infrastructure Resilience Survey (GIRS) with ICSI as the Lead Technical Partner. The Survey is a global study that will gather perspectives from infrastructure professionals worldwide and deliver unprecedented insights into infrastructure resilience across regions, sectors, and institutional structure.
The Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) for Resilient and Adaptive Transport Infrastructure is a collaborative initiative under the Global Climate Action Agenda. Led by ICSI, it brings together key global stakeholders to accelerate the development and implementation of resilient and adaptive transport systems.
A project to operationalise the World Risk Poll by conducting statistical analysis of the Poll data to identify factors influencing people’s choice of and trust in sources of information about disasters, as well as levels of individual and household preparedness. In partnership with ICSI, UCL and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
A global resource for infrastructure practitioners seeking clear, easy-to-navigate guidance on practical ways to integrate climate resilience into every phase of the infrastructure lifecycle: policies and plans, prioritisation, feasibility and preparation, funding and financing, design, procurement, construction, operations and maintenance, and end of life.