Tomorrow's Railway and Climate Change Adaptation Final Report

Climate variability
Climate change
impact
Climate change
risk
CoR
Refers to variations in the mean state and other statistics (such as
standard deviations and the occurrence of extremes) of the climate
on all spatial and temporal scales beyond that of individual weather
events. Variability may be due to natural internal processes within
the climate system (internal variability), or to variations in natural
or anthropogenic external forcing (external variability) (IPCC AR5
WGII, 2014).
A specific change in a system caused by its exposure to climate
change. Impacts may be harmful (threat) or beneficial (opportunity)
(UKCIP, 2009).
An additional risk to assets (such as buildings and infrastructure)
and activities from potential climate change impacts (UKCIP, 2009).
Compendium of Research
CP
Network Rail Control Period
CP4 Network Rail Control Period 4 (2009-2014)
CP5 Network Rail Control Period 5 (2014-2019)
CRT
Critical rail temperature
CSIC
Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction
CWR
Continuously welded rail
DAB
Delay Attribution Board
DB
Deutsche Bahn
DCLG
Department for Communities and Local Government
DEA
DECC
DEFRA
DfT
E&P
EA
ECML
EIM
Emissions
scenario
ENA
Date envelopment analysis
Department for Energy and Climate Change
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Transport
Electrification and power / plant
Environment Agency
East Coast Main Line
European Rail Infrastructure Managers
A plausible representation of the future development of emissions
of substances that are potentially radiatively active (e.g.,
greenhouse gases, aerosols) based on a coherent and internally
consistent set of assumptions about driving forces (such as
demographic and socioeconomic development, technological
change) and their key relationships. (IPCC AR5)
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