Tomorrow's Railway and Climate Change Adaptation Final Report

3.9.1 Recommendations for action – opportunities and links with
other initiatives and partners
Table 9:
Recommendations for action – opportunities and links with other initiatives and
partners
Timescale
Short term
(to action/
implement
before end
of CP5 i.e.
2014-2019)
Medium
term
(to action/
implement
in next 5-15
years i.e.
CP6 and
beyond)
Long term
Recommendations
• Identify the appropriate representatives of the GB rail industry to
engage and collaborate with local authorities and local resilience
forums on extreme weather resilience plans (all climate variables)
• Identify opportunities for funding of adaptation and resilience work,
including collaboration across the GB railway industry, international
railway industries and with other sectors (all climate variables)
• Identify appropriate representatives of the GB railway industry to
engage and collaborate with ARCCN research projects and
stakeholders (all climate variables)
• Identify appropriate representatives of the GB rail industry to engage
and collaborate with cross-railway industry (and wider transport
system) knowledge forums such as www.futurerailway.org, RIA,
Transport KTN, CIRIA and Rail Champions (all climate variables)
• Relevant people within Network Rail and the wider GB rail industry
should continue to engage and collaborate with the Environment
Agency’s FCERM programme (high precipitation, high sea levels and
storm surges).
• As climate science develops, relevant stakeholders representing all
systems and sub-systems need to engage with key providers of
weather/ climate data and information. This will improve
understanding of the impacts on the GB railway and allow data to be
applied in the railway context. ‘Pure’ or ‘non-GB railway specific’
weather and climate research is unlikely to be funded by the GB rail
industry (all climate variables)
• Identify opportunities for shared learning and collaboration with
highways, aviation, electricity and other sectors relating to intelligent
infrastructure and information communication technologies. This will
help prepare for and respond to extreme weather and changes in
average or expected climate conditions (all climate variables).
N/A
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