Guidance

Climate change risk assessment: transport sector

Helps UK organisations within the transport sector complete a climate change risk assessment.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 17 March 2025

Documents

Climate risk assessment guidance for the transport sector

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Climate risk assessment guidance for the transport sector: non-technical summary

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Details

Climate change risk assessments are used to help organisations understand:

• the current and future effects of climate change
• how to prioritise climate change adaptation

The guidance provides an overarching approach to climate change risk assessments, including:

• a step-by-step process and the tools needed to complete the assessment
• a methodology to score climate risks 
• best practice case studies

It can be used by organisations across the transport sector in the UK. This guide also provides additional resources for ports, airports and local highways.

The Climate Adaptation HIVE supplies case studies of implemented climate adaptation measures across transport modes to support stakeholders in managing weather and climate-related risks.

Published 17 March 2025