UK-based flood science specialist JBA Risk Management is partnering with Oxford University to study the impacts of climate extremes on infrastructure networks.

The Oxford Programme for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems, led by Jim Hall, Professor of climate and environmental risks and a commissioner on the UK's National Infrastructure Commission, will be provided with access to JBA’s global flood maps and event sets to help generate new insights into present day and future infrastructure risks.

Dr Paul Young, head of academic partnerships, JBA Risk Management commented: “We have a strong track record of working closely with academia and I am excited that we can support and collaborate with OPSIS in their important work understanding the resilience of key infrastructure networks and how that will be impacted by climate change.”

Prof Jim Hall added: “Adapting the nation’s infrastructure to climate change requires precise information on where flooding could occur in Britain. JBA’s flood data is enabling us to improve our climate change risk assessment for critical infrastructure.”

The tie-up is the latest in a long line of collaborations between JBA and Oxford University. Ongoing work includes a research project looking at event footprints, led by Dr Raghav Pant, which was funded by the UK Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure. Another was a study to quantify the impact of present and future climate extremes on the national water supply network in Jamaica.

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