ROSDORNII and the UN Economic Commission for Europe opened a conference on the impact of climate change on transport infrastructure

On November 15 in Moscow, at the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation, the international conference "Assessment of the effects of climate change: the introduction of new technologies and materials to ensure the regulatory condition of highways in the adaptation of transport infrastructure to its changes" opened. The event was organized by ROSDORNII and the UN Economic Commission for Europe with the support of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.

During the opening of the conference, Artur Romanenko, Deputy Director General of ROSDORNIA, Konstantinos Alexopoulos, Head of the Economics and Transport Assistance Section of the Sustainable Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, as well as Stephanie Hansel, Acting Chairman of the Expert Group of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on Assessing the Effects of Climate Change and Adaptation for Inland Transport, Manager of the German Meteorological Service, delivered welcoming speeches.

During the conference, experts from Russia and 19 countries discussed the consequences for transport as a result of climate variability and change, impact assessment methods, issues of climate impact analysis on an important transport corridor connecting Europe and Asia, as well as issues of prevention of negative socio-economic consequences of climate change.

Mikhail Ivannikov, Head of the Data Processing and Analysis Department of ROSDORNIA, made a presentation at the conference on "Socio-economic assessment of the consequences of climate change taking into account the climatic characteristics of the Russian Federation". In his speech, he spoke about the planned results of the Institute's activities in the adaptation process to climate change for the road sector, presented the concept of a methodology for calculating socio-economic damage from hydrometeorological phenomena for transport infrastructure, and also stressed that the damage assessment will make it possible to make a decision on the choice of adaptation policy.

In addition, during the event, the conference participants were shown the universal diagnostic laboratory for non-stop evaluation of the strength of road structures "Eskandor".

On November 16, the second day of the conference, experts from Russia and other countries will discuss the impact of extreme hydrometeorological events on the transport infrastructure of Europe and Asia, as well as technologies and solutions that contribute to combating climate change and adaptation measures.