Acclimatise contributes to BECCA Wiki

Published|19.03.10

Climate resilient and durable infrastructure can only be achieved if its designers and managers have a solid understanding of the climate change conditions that it will face over its lifespan.

Climate change and its resulting impacts have the potential to shorten the life of infrastructure, and the impact on any individual asset will be determined by existing load capacity and how easily it can be adapted to meet changes in environmental conditions.

The BECCA Wiki aims to provide engineers and other professionals with the information required to confidently make efficient and effective decisions today for infrastructure being built tomorrow. At a time when codes, standards and professional practice mostly do not incorporate climate change impact projections in Australia, the Wiki provides:

• A compilation of leading edge best practice in infrastructure adaptation;
• A central and accessible location in which to store documents which can be used to undertake climate change adaptation activities;
• Better and more comprehensive information with which to improve the quality of adaptation analysis; and
• An opportunity for practitioners to contribute to developing adaptation knowledge.

Acclimatise is supporting the BECCA Wiki as a contributor, taking their global experience and assisting with knowledge transfer to the BECCA Wiki. We hope that this Wiki goes from strength to strength and enhances the climate change resilience of infrastructure, and Australian businesses going forward.

The BECCA Wiki is supported by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change. More information is available at
wiki.climatechangeadaptation.org.au