Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Industrial Operations Course

Training Outlines

Introduction

This course enables industrial organisations to assess physical climate risk and integrate adaptation into operations, engineering and investment. Participants examine climate hazards and scenarios, map asset and supply-chain vulnerability, select adaptation options, strengthen emergency and continuity systems and create phased resilience roadmaps.

Objectives

• Identify acute and chronic climate hazards affecting operations.
• Interpret climate scenarios, uncertainty and planning horizons.
• Assess asset, workforce, utility and supply-chain vulnerability.
• Prioritise risks using consequence, criticality and adaptive capacity.
• Develop engineering, operational and nature-based adaptations.
• Integrate climate risk into continuity and emergency planning.
• Appraise adaptation options using lifecycle and co-benefit criteria.
• Build measurable climate-resilience investment roadmaps.

Course Outlines

Day 1: Climate Risk and Industrial Context

• Physical versus transition risk
• Acute and chronic climate hazards
• Scenario and horizon selection
• Climate data and uncertainty
• Operational exposure pathways
• Governance and stakeholder expectations

Day 2: Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

• Asset and process criticality
• Flood, heat and storm vulnerability
• Water scarcity and drought exposure
• Workforce health and productivity
• Utility and infrastructure dependencies
• Supply-chain and logistics disruption

Day 3: Engineering and Operational Adaptation

• Flood protection and drainage capacity
• Cooling and heat-resilient design
• Water efficiency and alternative supply
• Asset hardening and redundancy
• Nature-based adaptation options
• Maintenance and operating-rule changes

Day 4: Continuity and Emergency Resilience

• Climate stress-test scenarios
• Business-continuity integration
• Emergency plans and trigger thresholds
• Mutual aid and critical suppliers
• Recovery priorities and resources
• Community and ecosystem interfaces

Day 5: Investment and Adaptation Roadmap

• Option appraisal and lifecycle cost
• Adaptation pathways and decision points
• No-regret and flexible measures
• Funding and capital-planning integration
• Indicators and resilience monitoring
• Industrial adaptation roadmap