Engineer A Climate Change Moving Target Design Consideration Tidal Crossing
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/88#Engineer_A_Climate_Change_Moving_Target_Design_Consideration_Tidal_Crossing
Properties
Instance of
ClimateChangeMovingTargetDesignConsiderationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ClimateChangeMovingTargetDesignConsiderationObligation
Case context
The local 25-year storm standard is based on historical data that does not capture sea level rise and changing precipitation patterns; Engineer A must incorporate current climate science into the assessment.
Compliance status
met
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to treat future climate and weather conditions as a dynamic moving target rather than fixed historical baselines when assessing the hydraulic and flood impacts of the tidal crossing upgrade.
Temporal scope
Throughout the design and assessment phase of the tidal crossing project
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Regulatory Standard Climate Gap - Tidal Crossing Project
derivedFromPrinciple
Climate as Moving Target Invoked by BER Discussion Section
Source Evidence
Source text
This necessitates that climate and weather patterns be addressed not as fixed by historical patterns but rather recognized as a 'moving target.'
Text references
Engineer A has an ethical obligation to address the impacts of the project on public health, safety, and welfare regardless of whether or not that is required by applicable law.
The BER believes that Engineer A has an obligation to consider climate and weather changes in the future with respect to potential impacts on public health, safety, and welfare, where such impacts are reasonably likely and significant.
This necessitates that climate and weather patterns be addressed not as fixed by historical patterns but rather recognized as a 'moving target.'
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Climate Change Moving Target Design Consideration Tidal Crossing" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case88:Regulatory_Standard_Climate_Gap_-_Tidal_Crossing_Project ;
proeth:casecontext "The local 25-year storm standard is based on historical data that does not capture sea level rise and changing precipitation patterns; Engineer A must incorporate current climate science into the assessment." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "met" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case88:Climate_as_Moving_Target_Invoked_by_BER_Discussion_Section ;
proeth:discoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T14:21:57.794732+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "88" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T14:21:57.794732+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Climate Change Moving Target Design Consideration Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to treat future climate and weather conditions as a dynamic moving target rather than fixed historical baselines when assessing the hydraulic and flood impacts of the tidal crossing upgrade." ;
proeth:sourcetext "This necessitates that climate and weather patterns be addressed not as fixed by historical patterns but rather recognized as a 'moving target.'" ;
proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the design and assessment phase of the tidal crossing project" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A has an ethical obligation to address the impacts of the project on public health, safety, and welfare regardless of whether or not that is required by applicable law.",
"The BER believes that Engineer A has an obligation to consider climate and weather changes in the future with respect to potential impacts on public health, safety, and welfare, where such impacts are reasonably likely and significant.",
"This necessitates that climate and weather patterns be addressed not as fixed by historical patterns but rather recognized as a 'moving target.'" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 88 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T10:32:26.864437"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 88 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
88
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T14:21:57.794732+00:00
First case
88
Generated
2026-02-27T14:21:57.794732+00:00
Attributed to
Case 88 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T10:32:26.864437
Generated by
ProEthica Case 88 Extraction