Critical infrastructure

They’re trying to prevent power lines from sparking catastrophic fires. But there are also worries about how the added expense will fall on ratepayers.

Contemporary transportation infrastructure is not designed for the extreme levels of heat as the frequency and severity of high temperatures increases. Those in charge must respond to increased stress on infrastructure systems, with mitigation techniques

This paper uses a GIS-based Flood Simulation Analysis to evaluate flood vulnerability of seven inland airports in the Ohio River Valley under two extreme precipitation scenarios: a short-duration flash flood and a longer duration regional event.

Extreme weather is increasingly disrupting roads, railways, airports and waterways, exposing vulnerabilities in transport networks and supply chains and highlighting the growing need for climate-resilient infrastructure and adaptation measures.

Solar power proved the only major energy source that performed better than normal during Europe’s summer of extremes, experts found. When paired with batteries, it helped supply thousands of AC units during historic hot conditions.

The IDB is advancing regenerative roads in Latin America and the Caribbean by integrating nature-based solutions to reduce risks and costs due to poor logistics performance, growing exposure to natural hazards, and accelerating loss of natural capital.

This study aims to identify shelter management challenges, existing practices, and resident-driven recommendations in four unions of Sarankhola, southwest Bangladesh, while also developing a perceived cyclone risk map.

Smartphones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. We use them to receive warnings, follow evacuation routes and road closures, locate shelters, contact family and track rapidly changing conditions.

The UK's pothole problem could one day be tackled from beneath the road surface, as researchers at the University of Surrey launch a pioneering trial that uses heat stored underground to keep roads cooler in summer, warmer in winter.

Adapting to the new hot dry summers is not difficult. Many countries deal with these sorts of extreme conditions ever single year. But it takes planning and investment in basic infrastructure, not just another emergency Cobra meeting.

Loose power lines in fire-prone forests have disproportionately set the country ablaze.

This study investigates the catastrophic September 2024 flood in the Czech Republic, focusing on its impact on bridge infrastructure.

This brief examines how power system resilience should be assessed and strengthened at the distribution network level, where electricity service reaches end users.

As NHS told to prepare for extreme weather, strain also felt in other areas including transport and farming.

Freight resilience is not only about how quickly infrastructure can be repaired after a disaster. It also depends on the policy settings already in place.

This paper estimates the operational effects and opportunity costs of weather-induced stoppages at the Rio Grande Port Complex, Brazil, over the period 2020–2024.

New study reveals growing exposure of roads, railways, ports, airports and inland waterways to climate extremes and unprecedented impacts.

Novel cable-stay reinforcement could help offshore wind turbines resist combined seismic, wind and wave loading.

It’s important to recognize that many schools are underprepared to carry out their days in extreme heat, without the physical infrastructure or planning to keep students and educators comfortable and safe in the classroom or outside on school grounds.

This report presents the Bridge Resilience System (BRS), an integrated digital platform that shifts bridge management from a reactive, distress-based model to a proactive, resilience-oriented framework for disaster risk reduction.

This post-disaster needs assessment examines the impacts of the 2024 floods in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It identifies humanitarian needs and priority actions to support recovery and strengthen resilience.

This report analyses how the energy sector can overcome challenges and build climate-resilient energy systems that safeguard livelihoods and underpin sustainable growth.

Transportation resilience depends as much on coordination as infrastructure. Josh Rodriguez of AASHTO explains why effective preparedness begins long before a disaster occurs and how formal mutual aid transforms emergency response into planned capability.

This research article examines how intercity connectivity strengthens urban mobility resilience during extreme rainfall, using mobility data from 366 Chinese cities.

Firefighters, military personnel, police officers and medics mobilised to a simulated aircraft crash on 26 June 2026, as Fiji Airports Limited conducted its first-ever large-scale night-time airport emergency exercise.

Extreme heatwaves increasingly force power plants to reduce output, a problem often misattributed solely to nuclear safety. In reality, nuclear curtailment stems from environmental regulations preventing thermal pollution and reduced cooling efficiency.

Cuba is strengthening DRR through anticipatory action, risk-informed planning and inclusive Cooperation Frameworks that address climate hazards and social vulnerabilities.

A team at the Applied Physics Lab is working to understand the complex science behind predicting invisible threats that can quickly cripple electric grid infrastructure on Earth.

This paper examines why extreme weather resilience is becoming a core priority for infrastructure investors and how it should be built into investment decisions.

This study developed an integrated simulation framework that couples hydrodynamic inundation modeling with an agent-based traffic-rescue simulation to examine adaptive resilience in urban traffic networks under compound flood-traffic conditions.

The East Palestine derailment illustrates an increasingly common reality: industrial facilities and critical infrastructure systems operate within highly interconnected environments.

A severe winter snow drought has left snowpack levels far below normal across the American West in 2026.

This briefing paper presents key findings from a semi-quantitative climate risk assessment of Syria's electricity sector, intended to support the country's reconstruction efforts.

The study addresses growing disaster risks to infrastructure caused by climate change and extreme weather, which generate significant economic losses globally and in India.

2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption showed volcanic ash can trigger global transport and supply chain disruption beyond local damage, reshaping insurance BI/CBI thinking and driving new risk modelling.

New satellite-based research has identified signs of Ahmedabad land subsidence across parts of the city’s western and southern urban corridors, raising concerns over groundwater management, urban planning and the long-term resilience.

The rising temperatures in the Arctic, driven by human-caused climate change, have significant repercussions for the region’s peoples and ecosystems, with impacts extending far beyond the region.