Climate strategy, planning and reporting

Baseline your carbon emissions and climate risks

At the start of the process it’s vital to prepare an initial inventory of your greenhouse gas emissions and undertake a detailed climate risk assessment. These elements will form the baseline from which you will start to develop your strategy and plans.

Define a strategy and vision

Once defined, a climate strategy becomes a client’s north star. Through careful research and engagement combined with technical modelling and prioritisation techniques, Arup experts help our clients to envision where they want to be, and provide the guidelines and development plan to keep them on a science-based pathway.

Implement the strategy

Even once you identify the destination, the first step of the journey is often the toughest. We help your organisation to prioritise near-term tangible measures and make steady progress. These could include facilitating demonstrator projects that build support for wider transition programmes.

We support the tangible change management that accompanies this process – in specific technical projects, but also across personal, cultural and operational factors. This helps clients to navigate and master the internal structural change required. Our support comprises the financial dimension too – developing investment cases, preparing projects for funding, and connecting clients with relevant investors.

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Monitor and evaluate

Climate strategies require constant evaluation. Our strategy, planning and reporting services are supported by a variety of monitoring and evaluation processes and tools. These ensure clients’ progress is tangible, replicable and becomes second nature as their organisation makes the transition to truly sustainable operations. For government bodies, our monitoring work can be scaled to work for an entire community, city or region.

Report and communicate

Climate goals will become more demanding over time, just as innovations will accelerate the progress you can make. Arup uses dynamic reporting methods and tools to ensure continued optimisation, helping clients to report to regulators, giving confidence to investors. Effective communications mean organisations can advocate effectively for what they’ve learnt on their climate adaptation journeys.