The freight and logistics sector is of significant importance as an enabler and driver of the global economy, but it is also inherently vulnerable to hazardous weather. Despite this, there is currently no quantitative assessment of how climate change may affect the sector. This paper applies...

Due to the more pressing need, the majority of material in this book has dealt with mitigation; interventions to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases ( IPCC, 2001 ) away from a scenario of ‘business as usual’. An early academic review on climate change mitigation and transport appeared in...

Purpose – To investigate the potential impacts of future climate change in the United Kingdom on its road and rail networks. Methodology/approach – The climate change impacts of increasing summer temperatures, decreasing winter temperatures, increased heavy precipitation, greater numbers of...

Climate change is recognised as one of the greatest challenges that contemporary global society faces. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fourth Assessment Report ( 2007 ) states that it is ‘very likely’ that anthropogenic global warming will result in a temperature rise of...