Today’s civil engineering profession was born in the industrial revolution with the vision of ‘harnessing the forces of nature for the benefit of mankind’. However, the industry’s alarming environmental impact means that civil engineers must urgently change their impact on the world. Viewing the dangers of climate change through the lens of behavioural science, this paper identifies the four ‘levers’ that civil engineers must pull to put the profession on a sustainable and morally justifiable path. Three of the levers focus on behaviours, outlining measures that individuals, companies and institutions can take to realign decision making to the needs of sustaining life on the planet. Only one lever relates to new technological solutions. These levers offer a pragmatic to-do list of actions, to unlock systemic change, and thereby accelerate the profession’s transition to a net-zero future.

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土木工程师在拯救世界中的作用：更新职业道德基础

今天的土木工程专业诞生于工业革命，其愿景是“利用自然力量造福人类”。但是，该行业令人震惊的环境影响意味着土木工程师必须紧急改变其对世界的影响。从行为科学的角度审视气候变化的危险，本文确定了土木工程师必须采取的四个“杠杆”，以使该行业走上可持续发展和道德上合理的道路。其中三个杠杆着眼于行为，概述了个人，公司和机构可以采取的措施，以使决策重新适应维持地球生命的需求。只有一个杠杆与新技术解决方案相关。这些杠杆提供了务实的待办事项清单，以解锁系统性变更，