The increase in frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters poses many threats to critical infrastructure, especially in regions that are particularly susceptible to extreme events. Predicting the magnitude and cascading effects of future events is difficult since many of the inputs and variables are not currently known. These kinds of deeply uncertain events, referred to as Black Swan Events, are impossible to predict, but assessing and implementing methods to plan for them is important to build resilience to this category of climate-related disasters.

Tanay works with the multi-disciplinary team to create a planning framework that will deliver a robust management strategy with local impact within the southeast region of the United States, focusing on the institutional changes that will be needed to implement this. He hopes to find international best practices for such resilient disaster management and mitigation plans that can be directly implemented in the Atlanta area.