section_path: Environment, health and safety/Climate change adaptation
section_name: Climate change adaptation
paragraph_text: Climate change adaptation
  
  High-performance building materials will be particularly important for enhancing resilience, including for flood defenses and critical-infrastructure protection. Risks to infrastructure and cities posed by extreme weather events are especially serious for those places exposed to flood and hurricane damage, but also where residents need protection from extreme summer temperatures. Traditional concrete can come under strain when exposed to humidity and higher concentrations of atmospheric CO. While concrete is likely to remain important in applications where the environment is challenging, novel, smarter and more adaptable materials are also needed.