Can you tell us about your engineering experience and why climate change is so important to you ?
How does ICE ’ s work support the UN ’ s Sustainable Development Goals ?
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Can you tell us about your engineering experience and why climate change is so important to you ?
Throughout my career , both in industry and in acad- emia , I have looked at the challenges facing society and tried to help find solutions , ultimately to meet people ’ s needs . Civil engineering provides many of the things people need every day , such as clean water and energy supplies . The things that we build provide the foundations for development throughout the world . I assumed the role of President at ICE to support the continued transformation of infrastructure and of people ’ s lives .
Having spent many years leading academic research , it was impossible to ignore the weight of scientific evidence that climate change is taking place . It will have an unprecedented impact on people , including some of the most vulnerable communities in the world .
Civil engineering can deliver practical solu- tions to tackling climate change , such as ensuring resilient and clean energy generation and building sustainable cities .
How does ICE ’ s work support the UN ’ s Sustainable Development Goals ?
As the professional membership body for the civil engineering profession – with over 92,000 members around the world – our role is quite simply to support civil engineers and engineering technicians to be the best they can be .
NOVEMBER 2018