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WEEC Member Briefing Learn more

Join this special presentation by Will Arnold, Head of Climate Action at the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and co-sponsored by the BSA, SEI Boston Chapter/BSCES, BE+, CLF Boston/Northeast, SEAMass, and SE 2050. Learn more

ACEC/MA Member Briefing from our Water, Energy and Environment Committee Learn more

Join us for this Donovan Hatem Roundtable Co-hosted by ACEC/MA Learn more

As a coastal city with extensive filled land, Boston is developing and implementing wide-ranging plans to protect the city from sea level rise - but its not as simple as just keeping the sea out. Learn more

Join us for this Donovan Hatem Program Co-hosted by ACEC/MA Learn more

ACEC/MA Member Briefing from our Water, Energy and Environment Comm and The Nature Conservancy Learn more

Join us for an ACEC/MA breakfast program to hear how to incorporate climate adaptation considerations into your projects. Learn more

This presentation will discuss the climate resilience work that The Nature Conservancy is engaged in within Greater Boston and resilience policy efforts underway at the national level, and will explore The Conservancy’s corporate partnerships working on resilience topics. The Conservancy has an extensive network of Risk, Reduction and Resilience (RRR) efforts in progress related to the benefits of nature-based solutions for people and biodiversity including mitigation of impacts from sea level rise and storm surge as well as watershed scale freshwater flooding. Learn more

This presentation will focus on a key component of the climate change assessment: the development of the Boston Harbor Flood Risk Model (BH-FRM). Examples of model output and interpretation will be presented. Results of this probabilistic model are currently being utilized for planning by many stakeholders and communities beyond MassDOT, and due to the success of the CA/T evaluation, the same methodology is now being applied to the entire coast of Massachusetts. Learn more