Engineering in the climate emergency: doing less, better

Steel reuse is now a viable low-carbon option for all parties to a project, as this article explains from the perspectives of contractor, steel producer, fabricator, engineer and client.

In a thought-provoking opinion piece, Mike Bather argues that the profession has a moral responsibility to thoughtfully reconsider its approach to business in the face of worsening climate breakdown – and to do this straight away.

In this personal perspective, Tom Newby argues that high-income countries have a moral responsibility to decarbonise faster, and urges structural engineers to advocate for changes in the way infrastructure is designed and built in order to work towards this goal.