A climate of uncertainties Sample Clauses

A climate of uncertainties. While there is overwhelming evidence that the world is warming, there are also considerable uncertainties surrounding the scale, timing and nature of how the climate might change. Analysis and modelling are confronted with uncertainties in future emissions, and with climate system behaviour, in particular at the regional and local level. These uncertainties make it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to know exactly what the infrastructure should be adapted to. Concrete example: Historical records and regional climate models in the US have been analysed to estimate extreme precipitation and determine design parameters (Xxxxxxxxx et al., 2010). This work concludes that current drainage infrastructure may be inadequate to cope with increase in extreme rainfall. However, the range of variations of the different projections is too large to determine engineering design requirements (Xxxxxxxxx et al., 2010). In other words, the risk is identified but the uncertainties preclude the design of an adapted response. Detailed risk assessments must be made for infrastructure assets under the likely conditions they will be exposed to. However, the uncertainty related to the trajectories of development and urbanization affects the way risks are understood and managed. Concrete example: Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are likely to create new interdependencies and vulnerabilities in the infrastructure system. For instance, it is likely that reduction in travel to work will increase reliance on and demand for bandwidth which will also increase energy consumption (RAEng, 2011). More generally, current decarbonising transport strategies rely heavily on electric mobility, expecting a smart grid to deal with different loads. This "smart" trend is likely to increase dramatically the dependence of all the other sectors on energy and ICT. The linkages between different infrastructures will change notably in the coming decades, adding to the uncertainties to predict and assess the risks.
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