Climate change and infrastructure engineering : Changements climatiques et le génie des infrastructures : vers un nouveau programme de formation

Identification of high priority topics for engineers In order to determine the most essential topic areas that would form the basis of a useful curriculum for engineering students and practitioners, CSA conferred with experts and leaders from the fields of engineering, sustainability, and climate science. [...] Confirming the findings of the review of university course descriptions, most respondents also agreed that several additional climate change and infrastructure topics need to be included in the engineering curriculum, in order to equip future graduates with the necessary tools for addressing climate change in practice. [...] The university educators were asked to comment on the importance of the topics and their relevance to the engineering curriculum. [...] The themes that ran through much of the discussion with the expert panel were change, the importance of working in cross-functional teams, and dealing with more uncertain future-states of weather and climate. [...] The highest priority topic for the engineering university curriculum was the subject of risk in the context of Climate Change.