05/05/2009: All aboard ARCC

Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate (ARCC), one of the current Living With Environmental Change programmes, held its inaugural event in Birmingham on 5 May.

ARCC brings together research projects involving existing buildings and infrastructure, including transport and water resource systems in the urban environment. This £6M programme will enable the design of urban systems that are more resilient to climate change.

ARCC is a collaboration between the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP).

14 varied research projects are already underway at academic instituations around the UK. For further details of these please visit the ARCC website.