Adapting the UK’s transport system to the impacts of climate change

This transport adaptation strategy includes actions and policies to enhance climate adaptation planning across the transport sector, ensure these plans are achieved, and lead to improved climate resilience in the transport system. This strategy will support transport infrastructure operators in recognising the opportunities, including cost savings, that come with adaptation.

As the climate changes, travel disruption from extreme weather could have an increasing impact on day-to-day lives if action is not taken to manage the risk. The Government's 2023 National Risk Register identified risks such as extreme heat, storms and flooding had become more likely due to climate change, with the trend expected to continue over the coming decades.