Answer to Question #282021 in English for lei

Question

What will be the effects of climate change on infrastructure to globalization?

Answer 1

Extreme weather increases the variability of weather, and roads designed for a particular climate range may fail more quickly. All of these add costs to design and retrofit, as well as decreasing reliability for users. What is more, large airports are typically built where there are favourable wind conditions and that is generally near coastal areas. With hail storms, floods and damaging winds all increasing with climate change, airports are extremely exposed and are already experiencing severe disruptions. Climate change can impact our water-carrying infrastructure in four key ways, through both increased and decreased precipitation, higher sea levels and higher temperatures