Adapting building codes more uniformly to changing climate conditions, such as SLR, storms, winds and wildfires, reduces risk . North America has not, on the whole, adapted its building code regulations to consider the dynamic challenges of climate change, although some specific efforts have been made, including the addition of requirements for wildfire within California's building codes and Canada's climate-resilient building and core public infrastructure initiative, which involves updating building codes and standards to improve climate resiliency . To enhance safety, some outdoor workers have been fitted with heat sensors to analyse or assess how warming may affect productivity and well-being . Other options include raising public roads and seawalls, initiating buy-outs of property owners in flood risk areas and improving storm water drainage. Adopting approaches like the International Future Living Institute's Living Building Challenge  may inform future regulatory processes . The LBC9 has seven thematic areas that inform building design, although only a subset of those are relevant for climate change including water, energy and materials considerations.
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