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Listening and sharing what we’ve learned

Creating resilient communities is a collaborative endeavour. We engage with clients and partners around the world to connect the dots between policy and practice.

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Global

C40 Cities Protecting the Mass Transit

The mayors of 97 cities across the world are demanding historic levels of investment in public transport to ensure a green and just recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. Underpinning this campaign is a report developed by WSP’s team in Canada, which demonstrates the relationship between funding mass transit and carbon emissions, jobs, health, and social justice. It shows, for example, that better public transport could substantially reduce air pollution and create millions of jobs. As the pandemic draws to a close, we hope our research will help cities across the world to move towards a more sustainable and equitable future.

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United Kingdom

Making health a priority for UK communities

Health and wellbeing is at the heart of our work with UK local authorities, replacing the decades-old obsession with single-occupancy car movement. Our street design guidance is helping councils create compact, sociable neighborhoods, while our active transportation advice seeks to take advantage of the cycling and walking boom since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hope is that many of the lessons learnt will remain long after the pandemic subsides, and that we can respond positively to seismic shifts in how we use the spaces around us. This will enable us to promote healthier lifestyles and cater for diverse communities, while tackling carbon impacts.

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New Zealand

Adaptation Through Te Ao Māori

What we know is that effective adaptation requires an understanding of how risks interact as a starting point. Decisions should be based on careful consideration of the cross-cutting nature of risks, and the trade-offs between the actions that we take.

Here we look at how climate change is reshaping the New Zealand summer, the tools we’re using to predict the impact it will have and the opportunities it presents – if we’re prepared to change our mindset.

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The Shared Path: people not cars at the heart of communities

How low-traffic areas in Aotearoa’s cities can decarbonise transport, save lives, and create the connected urban communities we need in a post-pandemic future.

UK public wants nature at the heart of policymaking, new research shows

WSP, one of the UK’s largest environmental consultancies, has supported a unique and comprehensive analysis published by Bright Blue, the independent think tank for liberal conservatism.

Bright Blue and WSP: Net zero more urgent than ever for government and business

WSP and independent think tank, Bright Blue, have published a major essay collection, Delivering Net Zero, which outlines radical new ideas for how the UK can deliver on its net zero commitment by 2050.