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Climate Change Adaptation
Climate Change Adaptation
Climate change adaptation is concerned with how we adapt to operate within a changing climate.
The Highways Agency has assessed the potential risks that climate change poses to the ongoing operation, maintenance and improvement of the strategic road network. We are factoring in anticipated climatic changes into the delivery of our business and developing appropriate management and mitigation solutions to remove or reduce these risks. These risks are recorded in the Highways Agency Climate Change Risk Assessment (PDF 1.26MB) of August 2011.
The risk assessment document is an update of an interim report of December 2010 and draws upon earlier work, most notably the Highways Agency Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Framework (PDF 1.66MB).
We will use the latest scenarios from the UK Climate Projections to further inform our work on adaptation, as well as contribute to internal guidance to ensure that the changing climate is factored into our new advice, technical standards and specifications.
