Across Asia, the scale, complexity and capital intensity of construction and infrastructure projects are increasing, just as climate-related hazards are intensifying. Rising temperatures, monsoon variability, typhoons, floods, heat stress and accelerated material degradation are creating new, systemic risks that exceed historic patterns. For project owners, contractors and insurers, these changes are forcing a rethink of traditional assumptions around design, scheduling, procurement and risk transfer.

This panel brings together climate specialists, engineers, senior risk managers and insurers to examine how extreme weather and long-term climate trends are impacting Asian megaprojects – from urban infrastructure and transport networks to energy and industrial facilities – and how to integrate climate resilience into planning and execution. Discussion will focus on evolving insurance responses, including updated catastrophe modelling, parametric and blended solutions, resilience-linked endorsements and shifting underwriting expectations. Attendees will gain practical insights into embedding climate risk into project governance, enhancing insurability and proactively managing emerging exposures in a region where natural hazards are increasingly frequent, severe and interconnected.