ECI’s Systemic Risk Assessment Tool featured in new UNOPS publication on resilient infrastructure

Launched to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UNOPS report reviews more than 75 tools for integrating resilience into infrastructure systems. SRAT is recognised as one of the most adaptable, scalable, and easy-to-use tools for helping governments and planners manage complex infrastructure risks.

Developed under the leadership of Professor Jim Hall, head of the Oxford Programme of Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (OPSIS) at the ECI, SRAT is a pioneering platform designed to help countries most vulnerable to extreme weather events build climate resilience. The tool identifies climate risk “hotspots” across critical infrastructure networks — including energy, water, and transport — enabling decision-makers to target investments where they are most urgently needed. The SRAT is customisable for different scales and contexts, enabling a global version, the Global Resilience Index (GRI) Risk Viewer, alongside the more detailed local versions developed for Jamaica, South-East Asia and East Africa.

Jamaica recently completed an implementation of the tool — known locally as J-SRAT — in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica (GoJ), the University of the West Indies (UWI), and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Usage of the tool by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) demonstrates SRAT’s potential to guide risk-informed infrastructure planning.

The inclusion of SRAT in this major UNOPS publication validates its growing impact and underscores Oxford’s continuing contribution to global efforts to strengthen climate resilience and sustainable development.

Read the full UNOPS announcement and download the publication: Pathways to Resilience.