This includes support to understand the implications of climate action plans to ensure a just and inclusive transition to a global green economy that reflects regional strengths and doesn’t leave vulnerable communities behind. Services include:

Economy and finance

Financial, policy and economic impact assessment for climate action plans
Economic, employment and climate finance research and analysis

Just transition

Equitable transition and inclusion strategies
Sustainable development risk and co-benefit analysis

Governance and innovation

Mainstream climate action into city governance
Innovation and partnership support

Our climate risk and resilience specialists help cities, towns and regions to understand, manage & disclose their physical and transitional climate change risks which will impact everything from infrastructure planning and service delivery to health and inequality. We work with designers and planners for development projects, local authorities, public and private sector organisations to build long-term climate resilience in our communities. Services include:

Climate adaptation risk assessment and action
Strategy, management, research
Reporting, disclosure, monitoring

As part of this service, we draw on specialist expertise across a range of sectors to identify viable renewable and low carbon technologies that could accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy. Services include:

Technical and feasibility studies
Ambitious sustainability strategies
Spatial energy mapping
Carbon emissions assessments and modelling
Sustainability strategy and actions
Action identification and prioritisation
Reporting, disclosure and monitoring

Case Studies

Systems change services

Our economists, net zero, planning and sustainable place experts help cities and regions enable system-level change. We address economic, financial, employment and social inclusion risks and opportunities of climate action, including emerging climate finance routes.

Climate adaptation services

Adaptation is an increasingly important issues for communities across the globe. With access to a wealth of experience and knowledge from across our global organisation, our team is in a unique position to support cities in adapting to the climate crisis and building local resilience.

Climate mitigation services

No two cities or regions will take the same approach to decarbonisation. WSP’s net zero cities team works with clients across the world to develop a place-based definition of what net zero means and provide evidence-based net zero, climate and sustainability strategies to enable them to meet their ambitious climate targets (that align with the Paris Agreement objectives through science-based approaches).