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Climate Change & Extreme Events

Principal Documents

Policy

Transportation System Preparedness and Resilience to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events (FHWA Order 5520) (12/15/2014)

Guidance

Eligibility of Activities To Adapt To Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Under the Federal-Aid and Federal Lands Highway Program (09/24/2012)

Publications

Emerging Issues Associated with Sea Level Rise: Findings from FHWA Peer Exchanges (August 2022)
Infrastructure Resilience to Extreme Events and Climate Change - Federal Lands Sensitivity Case Studies (June 2022)
CMIP Climate Data Processing Tool 2.1 User's Guide (March 2021)
HEC 17 - Highways in the River Environment - Floodplains, Extreme Events, Risk, and Resilience, 2nd Edition (June, 2016)
HEC 19 - Highway Hydrology: Evolving Methods, Tools, and Data (March, 2023)

Training & Workshops

Software

Other FHWA Activities

FHWA Climate Adaptation Information

Updated: 09/19/2023

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