Climate change is already causing severe impacts to urban life – from overheating and flooding, to increased migration and economic disruption.
We work with urban leaders, governments and multilateral organisations to build climate resilience at scale, helping both mature and emerging cities face challenges around rapid urbanisation, water resilience, congestion, air quality, green space per capita, land degradation and urban sprawl.
“We need to see nature first and foremost as a ‘partner’ in building urban resilience to climate impacts. Only then can we regenerate damaged ecosystems and achieve longer term climate and social resilience. ”
Dima Zogheib UKIMEA Resilient and Responsive Cities Leader
Interrogating and modelling climate risks and the role of nature in every urban system, from transport to buildings to a city’s social fabric, enables us to audit existing plans or develop new proposals to help clients prepare to meet these challenges.
A step change in city climate resilience
Investing in resilience has become a central part of responsible planning in preparation for a rapidly changing climate. Arup brings a wealth of knowledge having partnered with the most globally influential bodies to create a step-change in climate resilience, working with 100 Resilient Cities, founding the Resilience Shift and partnering with C40 Cities for over ten years. We’re carrying out vital research to help cities around the world measure, manage, and plan climate actions, empowering their leaders to make vital decisions.
How we help you
Bringing together landscape architects, urban designers, planners, ecologists, climate change specialists and economists we develop investable and sustainable nature-based solutions to help cities adapt to the impacts of climate change.