Dr. Julie Clarke

• Clarke, J., Acosta, E. and Brede, H., Methodologies for Financing and Costing of Climate Impacts and Future Adaptation Actions: Transport Networks in Ireland, Johnstown Castle, Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, 2021Report, 2021, URL
• Clarke, J.and Acosta, E. , Determining the cost of extreme flood events to the road network in Ireland: an example application. , European Transport Conference, Dublin, October 2019, 2019Conference Paper, 2019

Dr. Clarke's research focuses on risk and the built environment. She conducted her PhD entitled 'Risk Assessment for Masonry Buildings due to Tunnelling-Induced Settlement' at University College Dublin. Since then, her research has focused on vulnerability and risk modelling for critical infrastructure networks due to natural hazards and climate change impacts. Dr. Clarke led the implementation of a novel quantitative risk methodology to determine the losses for two case study regions in Europe due to extreme hazard events, as part of the INFRARISK EU-funded H2020 project. She acted as Principal Investigator for the EPA-funded TACT project, which developed a risk assessment framework to quantify the costs of climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for land and maritime transport networks in Ireland. Dr. Clarke is currently acting as PI for the SFI-funded 'Resilient Buildings' project, which is developing a national risk index for buildings in Ireland due to climate change impacts. Dr. Clarke is also currently acted as PI for the EPA-funded 'CLIMECO' project, which is developing a methodology to determine the economic costs of climate change impacts due to the physical risks for critical infrastructure networks in Ireland.

• Title

  CLIMECO - Climate change impacts costing study and an economic appraisal of adaptation measures in Ireland
  Summary

  The objectives of the CLIMECO project are 1) to develop a methodology to determine the costs associated with climate change in Ireland for individual sectors and across all sectors, 2) to establish an economic decision-making framework that can be used to evaluate and to inform adaptation planning. Ultimately, the project will contribute to more informed adaptation planning that considers cross-sectoral climate change vulnerabilities, and it will support Ireland"s transition to a climate-resilient society.
  Funding Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency
  Date From

  30/09/2023
• Title

  Resilient Buildings
  Summary

  Extreme weather events, which are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change, may cause significant damage to housing, commercial property and critical infrastructure, resulting in substantial costs, as well as health and well-being impacts. Some of the main risks to buildings in Ireland and their occupants include flood damage, heat stress, structural damage due to wind and driving rain, as well as coastal erosion. However, these risks are currently not well understood in terms of the spatial variation (i.e. where they are), as well as the temporal variation (i.e. how they change over time). The proposed research will support Ireland's goal of becoming climate resilient by 2050 by quantifying the risk to buildings in Ireland as a result of climate change impacts. The project will consider various climate hazards and consider these in conjunction with building vulnerability attributes to quantify the risk. The project will develop a risk index for buildings in Ireland due to climate change impacts. This will inform stakeholders of the spatial and temporal risk for building locations due to climate-related hazards, enabling targeted and specific adaptation measures to be determined for the built environment. This index will support building owners, local authorities, insurers, banks, as well as other key stakeholders in terms of climate change adaptation, helping to deliver Ireland"s goal of becoming climate resilient by 2050.
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01/10/2023

Civil engineering,

• Chartered Member of Engineers Ireland
• Climate Change Advisory Council, Adaptation Committee Member