addressing climate change adaptation in regional transportation plans

State-of-the-Practice Climate Change Adaptation Activities for California MPOs and RTPAsAppendixFigure 4.UK Highways Agency Adaptation Framework ModelSource: Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Framework, Rev B, November 2009.1.2 EFFORTS IN CALIFORNIA2009 California Climate Change Adaptation StrategyThe California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), with the help of other stateagencies, wrote The California Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2009) inresponse to Executive Order S-13-2008, which directed California’s agencies todevelop an approach for statewide climate adaptation planning. This reportpresents climate change adaptation strategies for seven sectors includingtransportation. In addition to work done by state agencies involved in the sectorspecificworking groups, stakeholder input contributed to this strategy. The finalproduct includes a number of preliminary recommendations that relate to bothnear- and long-term actions. Some are specific to individual sectors and someare more global in nature, such as the recommendation for planning agencies toinclude climate change impact assessments as part of their plans.The strategy identifies and describes which types of climate change events aremost likely to affect transportation. For example, flooding and sea level rise aretwo major climate change events that could affect transportation assets andCambridge Systematics, Inc. B-5