Infrastructure--buildings, transportation, energy, even communications--is critically vulnerable to climate impacts AND key to climate mitigation too. So this is a great move. @cathmckenna knows climate and understands why it's key to factor it into all our big-budget decisions.
@cathmckenna In the U.S., the American Society of Civil Engineers gave most infrastructure a D+ and estimated it would take $4.5T by 2025 just to bring it up to par ... not even considering the need to increase our resilience in the face of a changing climate. infrastructurereportcard.org
@cathmckenna Globally, @OxfordEconomics estimates $94T is needed by 2040 to provide a "well-functioning, modern infrastructure is central to economic development and to quality of life." oxfordeconomics.com/recent-release…
@cathmckenna @OxfordEconomics I've spent 5 years working with transportation engineers at the Infrastructure-Climate Network on how to integrate non-stationarity (e.g. a changing climate baseline) into their design and maintenance protocols. It's NOT easy. theicnet.org
@cathmckenna @OxfordEconomics And then on mitigation -> 28% of emissions in Canada come from transportation (that's infrastructure), 22% on heat and buildings (also infrastructure). More than 50%. That's a lot of mitigation potential. 
