addressing climate change adaptation in regional transportation plans

State-of-the-Practice Climate Change Adaptation Activities for California MPOs and RTPAsAppendixNPCC also provides a Risk Matrix (RM), a tool to help categorize and prioritizethe risk assessment findings by facility, based on the probability of the climatehazard, likelihood of impact, and magnitude of consequence (see Figure 3).Figure 3.Risk Matrix Used by New York CitySource: NPCC Climate Change Adaptation: Building a Risk Management Response.United Kingdom Highways Agency Adaptation Strategy ModelTo date, the most fully-developed adaptation framework is that described in TheUnited Kingdom Highway Agency’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Theframework is a seven-step process for developing a climate change program. Itprovides a method for prioritizing risk and identifies staff members responsiblefor different climate change adaptation program development efforts.The Adaptation Framework provides a platform for decision makers to examinetheir individual business areas, including standards, specifications, maintenance,and the development and operation of the Highway Agency network. Itprovides a systematic process to identify the activities that will be affected by achanging climate, determine associated risks (and opportunities), and identifypreferred options to address and manage them.The Highways Agency’s Adaptation Framework Model (HAAFM) provides aseven-stage process that identifies activities which will be affected by a changingclimate; determines the associated risks and opportunities; and identifiespreferred options to address them.B-4 Cambridge Systematics, Inc.