Climate-related Risks and Opportunities

To help the state of New Jersey become more resilient to the impacts of climate change, WSP is working with the NJDEP on a variety of innovative adaptation strategies, projects and tools.

WSP in the U.S. assisted in advancing an assessment of long-term vulnerabilities and the development of climate adaptation strategies in response to future tidal flooding and storm surge for all of Pinellas County, Florida.

The document establishes guiding principles for owners and decision-makers to adapt public spaces along the river to sustain their recreational, ecological, scenic and economic value.

The first-of-its-kind statewide framework for resiliency considers a broad range of existing stressors and provides a comprehensive roadmap to adapt communities to the increasing threat of natural and man-made hazards.

This urban renewal project aims to transform a flood-prone former industrial site into a multi-purpose space using resiliency strategies to adapt to a changing climate.

To help a financial services client calculate the difference in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and water consumption between electronic and paper statement, WSP USA conducted a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA).

WSP USA implemented a nature-based solution for improving air quality at freeway-adjacent public housing in Los Angeles.

The action plan will help prepare the city – it’s people, buildings, infrastructure and open spaces – to withstand the extreme heat impacts of the changing climate, while advancing equity and environmental justice.

City’s new comprehensive plan sets ambitious goals to reduce carbon emissions, advance equity and environmental justice, improve community health and resilience, and increase household savings.

By assessing risks to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) assets and infrastructure, WSP helped SMUD evaluate current mitigation measures, identify priorities for additional actions, and gauge its current state of climate readiness.

The City’s first comprehensive plan will serve as its overall strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and build equitable climate resilience that brings economic benefits to all stakeholders.

WSP completed a qualitative physical and transition risk and opportunity assessment for a global transportation client in 2020, in alignment with the TCFD recommendations.