Climate Change

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GHD uses an integrated approach to deliver climate change services in these key areas – mitigation, adaptation, and trading and offsets. Our team works with organisations to identify and understand the strategic risks and opportunities presented by climate change. This includes consideration of emerging legislative frameworks, investor-reporting requirements, new markets looking for carbon solutions and the direct physical impacts of projected climate change.

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GHD works with clients to measure, reduce, verify and report greenhouse gas emissions. This includes implementation of energy efficiency, fuel switching and renewable energy into new and existing projects.

We understand the importance of taking early action and positioning organisations to manage and respond to climate change risks and impacts. We provide risk management services and integrate climate change conditions into project design and delivery. GHD strategy and technical advisors deliver comprehensive climate change, energy and greenhouse gas management services to enable efficient and sustainable business practices.

For further information, contact:

Sue Trahair
Tel: 61 8 6222 8222
Email: Sue Trahair

Al Raha Beach

The Al Raha Beach development is a beachfront project being built along the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway, opposite Al Raha Gardens.

The USD$15 billion development sits on reclaimed land at Al Raha Beach, occupying an area of 6.8 million square metres, with a total built-up area of 12 million square metres. Developed by ALDAR, Al Raha Beach will be a new city district that will serve as the new gateway to Abu Dhabi City and accommodate 120,000 residents in an arrangement of high-rise towers and low-rise developments. It is being built in 11 residential and commercial precincts, each with its own distinct personality and appeal.

Climate Change impacts study

The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment engaged GHD to compare the effects of three different climate scenarios on River Red gum communities in northern Victoria.

The study focused on the likely changes to the frequency, duration, interval and extent of flooding of River Red Gum communities along the Murray.

UK Rail Footprint Assessment

Greenhouse gas (GHG) management is an essential part of any organisation’s sustainability and corporate responsibility agenda. GHD partnered with CenSA on railways greenhouse gas emissions measurement in the United Kingdom.

In December 2008, the United Kingdom (UK) made a upgraded its commitment to reduce its national carbon dioxide emissions, by at least 34 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050, in comparison to 1990 levels. In anticipation of tough regulatory and other policy drivers, the rail sector sought to better understand its contribution to the national GHG footprint and the ways in which this can be reduced.

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