Impacts of climate change on transport: A focus on road and rail transport infrastructure

Description

This report provides a general EU-wide outlook about the future vulnerability of transport to climate change with a focus on the road and rail transport and their infrastructures. It also analyses some specific adaptations measures, illustrating key issues to be considered for policy making. It represents a first JRC/IPTS assessment of future impacts of climate change on the transport system in Europe, which has been conducted in the framework of the JRC PESETAII project.

Reference information

Websites:

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC72217

Source:

Joint Research Center

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Jun 7, 2016

Date of publication:

2012

Keywords:

peseta II, rail, road

Climate impacts:

Flooding, Storms

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Vulnerability Assessment

Sectors:

Transport

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Countries:

Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Do you want to see the page translated into ?

This translation is generated by eTranslation, a machine translation tool provided by the European Commission.