Prolonged heatwaves, extreme rainfall, flooding, storms, fires: climate hazards are no longer exceptional events, but a new reality that the construction sector must now deal with. Faced with this reality, two essential concepts emerge: adaptation and resilience. Not just in theory, but in practice to ensure the durability of buildings, infrastructure, and regions. Adaptation means planning for shocks that have become predictable. Resilience means being able to withstand these shocks, keep going, and bounce back quickly. These issues go far beyond the technical sphere alone. They raise questions about how cities protect themselves, how buildings ensure the safety of their occupants, how infrastructure guarantees the continuity of essential services, and how economic stakeholders, including insurers, integrate climate risk into their decision-making. Resilience is becoming a criterion for design, investment, and governance. This chapter explores how sustainable construction can stop putting up with the climate and instead adapt to it: through urban strategies, design choices, material solutions, industrial methods, and feedback from the field. In this era of climate deregulation, sustainability is no longer measured solely in terms of the CO2 emissions avoided, but also in terms of the ability to endure and protect. SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION ALSO MEANS Adapting to climate shocks PART 45
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