{
  "id": 19954985,
  "title": "Bureau Veritas, infrastructure alarm: \"More fragile with climate change\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/bureau-veritas-allarme-infrastrutture-piu-fragili-col-cambiamento",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-14T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Il Sole 24 Ore",
    "slug": "il-sole-24-ore",
    "url": "https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/bureau-veritas-allarme-infrastrutture-piu-fragili-col-cambiamento-climatico-AJ1PuPFC"
  },
  "original_language": "it",
  "account": "Bureau Veritas has raised concerns about the health of Italy's infrastructure, including bridges, railways, and tunnels. A study by Nexta, an engineering company in the Bureau Veritas group, found that while age is a factor, climate change is increasingly posing a risk to these structures. The study noted that around 60-70% of Italy's infrastructure was built over 30 years ago, based on outdated climate and hydrological data. In 2023, 18.4% of Italy's territory was at risk of landslides and 4.1% at risk of flooding. The study calls for a new approach to inspections and maintenance that takes into account changing environmental conditions.",
  "summary": "The certification body Bureau Veritas is sounding the alarm about the health of infrastructures (such as viaducts, railways and tunnels) in Italy: a study by Nexta, an engineering company in the group, claims that it is not...",
  "key_points": [
    "Bureau Veritas warns Italy's infrastructure is vulnerable to climate change.",
    "Aging structures and extreme weather events increase risk.",
    "Over 60% of Italy's infrastructure built over 30 years ago."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Outdated design parameters for aging Italian networks create a growing safety gap as extreme weather patterns render original hydrological and geological data obsolete for existing viaducts and tunnels.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}