Climate Change and Resilience

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Climate Change and Resilience

We see the LongView™, helping you plan for changing environmental conditions and make the most of your resources—no matter what lies ahead.

Climate change is the greatest threat to a healthy environment and thriving communities. As an industry leader in climate change and resilience, we partner with public and private sector clients to move toward a climate resilient future with confidence.

We see every project through a climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience lens. ​Our approach—BC:LongView™—embeds climate-informed thinking into ​all that we do to make our solutions impactful for our clients and the communities they serve.

Confident solutions for our changing world

Service Offerings

We are technical leaders in Strategic Climate Planning, Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation, and Strategic Water Management. We offer climate-informed innovation, best practices, and solutions across the water cycle to meet our clients where they are, no matter the challenges they face.

Strategic Climate Planning

Chart a clear path forward with enhanced decision-making, resource allocation, organizational alignment, and financial performance.

Confident solutions for:

  • Regulatory changes
  • Insurance premiums
  • Organizational change

Climate Change Mitigation

Take action and reduce the impacts of your operations for benefits within and beyond your community.

Confident solutions for:

  • Greenhouse gas emissions
  • Renewable energy

Climate Change Adaptation

Integrate systemwide and site-specific resilience measures and strategies to prepare for and protect against climate change impacts.

Confident solutions for:

  • Floods
  • Extreme heat
  • Sea level rise
  • Wildfires

Strategic Water Management

Optimize your resources throughout the water cycle for multifaceted, systemwide benefits across utility operations and your community.​

Confident solutions for:

  • Water scarcity

“Our BC:LongView™ approach is strongly aligned with our passion for the environment and belief that every project is an opportunity to combat and adapt to climate change. Our handprint is our positive impact on the world through the work that we do with our clients. And that’s how we help build a more sustainable, climate-resilient future for all.

Adam Ross
Vice President and Strategy Leader for Climate Change and Resilience

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A section of the Colorado River at The Chains in Page, Arizona on a sunny day.

Leading climate resilience design for the water sector

First-of-its-kind industry design guidance for nationwide water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure

Brown and Caldwell is proud to partner with the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) to deliver nationally applicable design strategies. This initiative brings together 12 of the nation’s leading water providers to shape practical, climate informed design strategies to help utilities plan, design, and upgrade resilient infrastructure in the face of heat, floods, drought, storms, and sea‑level rise.

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Converting organic waste into renewable fuel for solid waste trucks

The Energy Recovery Project transforms how the City manages waste and powers essential services

The City of Roseville, California, has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and minimize landfill waste. To bring Roseville’s energy recovery vision to reality, Brown and Caldwell designed a waste-to-energy plant that produces electricity, onsite heat, and renewable natural gas derived from digesting organics to fuel the City’s solid waste truck fleet.

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A section of the Colorado River at The Chains in Page, Arizona on a sunny day.

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Governance & Disclosure

We believe in transparent participation in reporting and disclosures. We align our practices with emerging regulations and stakeholder interest to share an accurate picture of our operations.

 

California SB 261 Climate Risk Disclosure

Reporting on climate related financial risks in compliance with state requirements.

 

Annual Impact Report (Coming Spring 2026)

Publishing enterprise greenhouse gas inventory, reduction targets, and progress updates.