This document discusses the need to adapt urban transport systems to climate change in order to ensure reliable mobility, protect public infrastructure and health/safety. Expected climate impacts include increased temperatures, rainfall, sea level rise and extreme weather. Impacts on transport infrastructure, mobility and operations are expected. Public authorities, planners, agencies and transport providers must work together on adaptation. Approaches include spatial planning, resilient design standards, regular maintenance and contingency planning. Adaptation options involve avoiding high risk areas, compact planning, drainage, monitoring infrastructure, and emergency response coordination. Failure to adapt transport systems could lead to costly damages. Raising awareness, integrating risk assessments, and allocating resources for early adaptation are important next steps.

2. Towards climate-proof urban transport systems Transforming Transportation 2010 Washington, DC15 January 2010 Urda EichhorstWuppertal Institute - Energy, Transport and ClimatePolicy Research Group

4. Expectedclimatechangeimpacts 15 January 2010 Average global temperature increase… temperature extremes Intense rainfall sea-level rise drought flooding tropical storms Photos: GTZ, NASA, prozac1 + dan/FreeDigitalPhotos.net, PhotoDisc

5. Impacts on transport Transport infrastructure Threemaincategories: Mobility behaviour Vehicles and operations 15 January 2010 Sources: GTZ

7. Urban/spatial planners

8. Disaster risk managers

9. Environment agencies

10. Construction departments

11. Public procurement agencies

13. Threebasicapproaches to adaptation 15 January 2010

14. Overview of adaptation options Four main areas of action: Spatial/urban planning Resilient design standards and materials Regular maintenance Contingency and emergency planning 15 January 2010

16. Create sufficient redundancy15 January 2010 Sources: ADB, itbm

18. Green spaces for cooling / decreasing heat island effects

19. Improved drainage 15 January 2010 Photos: GTZ Seoul: before and afterredevelopment

21. Identification of additional ventilation and cooling needs

22. Purchase of new air-cooled trains15 January 2010 Photo: GTZ

24. Vehicles15 January 2010 Photos: GTZ, ITDP Cycle way shadings in Hangzhou, China Air-conditioned bus in Changzhou, China Source: The Hindu

26. Provide public transportation for evacuation

27. Use (climate/weather) insurance to divert risk15 January 2010 Photos: Reuters, PhotoDisc Impacts of Hurricane Katrina

28. Integrate climate-proofing into transport planning and maintenance! 15 January 2010

29. 15 January 2010 Module fordecision-makers in developingcitiesFinancedbygtz in itsSustainable Urban Transport Project for details see ... Free electronic copy at www.sutp.org

31. Climate oriented concept for sustainable mobility, Ukraine

32. Emission Reduction in urban transport, Indonesia

34. Increasing capacity of staff

35. Changes in transport policy15 January 2010 1/22/10

37. Ensure that transport systems are climate-proof and tackle existing deficiencies to avoid costly damages

39. Integrate climate risk assessment into transport planning

40. Engage transport planning and disaster risk management

41. Allocate (raise) resources for adaptation planning and implementation

42. Start action early to avoid maladaptation!15 January 2010

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