Our thematic challenges

Engineering plays a key role in humanitarian and development work worldwide. From helping make Nepalese schools earthquake resilient to designing sustainable energy systems in Brazil, engineering is at the heart of everything from disaster preparedness to gender equality.

Natural disasters
Engineering for risk reduction and resilience: floods, earthquakes and landslides
Resource security
Engineering to protect and improve livelihoods, food security and water security
Sustainable energy
Engineering for rural and urban sustainable energy, from off-grid villages to refugee camps
Health
Engineering as key to mapping the causes of and finding innovative solutions to global health challenges