Climate Resilience

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Climate change is driving adverse weather extremes that disrupt critical functions.

Examples include water distribution and reservoir construction, wildfire response and forest management, energy delivery, resilience of military installations, communications infrastructure, housing and transportation, and agricultural planning, among numerous others.

Resilience demands that experts evaluate and understand projections of the new normal and advise on how to prepare for, and when possible, mitigate anticipated effects. Effects could include peak wind speeds that exceed infrastructure design, peak water temperatures that de-rate power plants when their electricity is in highest demand, unprecedented flooding that disrupts commerce and agriculture, or even peak minimum temperatures that expand the geographical range of vector-borne diseases to unprepared population centers.

LLNL researchers are harnessing core competencies in high-performance computing, climate modeling, model evaluation, data analytics, uncertainty quantification, and risk/threat analysis to identify and manage the impacts of climate change on critical infrastructure and national security and to accelerate clean energy technology development and deployment.


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Mitigation

 

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Adaptation

 

Mitigation

Livermore scientists work with equipment to capture carbon dioxide from the fermentation process.
Livermore scientists applied advanced manufacturing and industrial chemistry expertise to devise a technology that captures carbon dioxide from grape fermentation at the source and then safely and reliably sequesters the carbon from being released back into the atmosphere. This effort has opened a pathway for winemakers and other industries on a similar scale to achieve notable carbon emission reductions.

Developing and accelerating solutions to minimize greenhouse gas emissions

Enabled by expertise in materials science, biogeochemistry, geosciences, and systems analysis, LLNL researchers are delivering technological and geological solutions to aid in slowing the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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Adaptation

Developing integrated models that support planning and decision making

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore are developing accurate and efficient methods for anticipating hazards, quantifying vulnerabilities, and formulating mitigation strategies for climate change impacts on people and infrastructure.

Accumulated rainfall graph

Modeling Extreme Events

Using high-resolution, high-efficiency modeling to assess climate impacts on extreme events

Examples of renewable energy, such as solar and wind.

Renewable Energy Planning

Forecasting and mitigating the impacts of climate change on renewable energy resources and grid reliability

Researcher in the isotope hydrology laboratory.

Water Management

Evaluating underground water storage using isotopes

Still shot of a 2020 Creek fire simulation.

Wildfire Modeling

A first-of-its-kind global multiscale framework for large wildfire simulations