The plan outlines the department’s key priorities in building resilient infrastructure and ensuring environmental justice in historically disinvested communities.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has released a 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan aimed at building resilient infrastructure, integrating climate risk into its operations, and ensuring environmental justice. The agency’s focus on integrating environmental justice is designed to ensure across its programs and strengthen vulnerable communities.
According to an article in Global Railway Review, “The CAP introduces initiatives to strengthen infrastructure resilience and support vulnerable communities” that include a Climate Hazard Exposure and Resilience (CHER) Tool and the PROTECT program, which “supports resilience projects like evacuation routes and coastal defenses to protect infrastructure from extreme weather.”
The CAP prioritizes four key areas: investment in climate-smart infrastructure, linking climate resilience and environmental justice, leveraging federal climate data, and reducing climate impacts on federal assets.
FULL STORY: USDOT unveils Climate Adaptation Plan 2024-2027
How US Cities Can Prepare for Climate Disasters
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Honolulu Has a New Chief Resilience Officer
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Renewable Energy Under Pressure: Lessons on Grid Resilience in Extreme Weather From Texas and California
How preparation and modern infrastructure can prevent power failures in an era of climate change.
National Parks Layoffs Will Cause Communities to Lose Billions
Thousands of essential park workers were laid off this week, just before the busy spring break season.
Retro-silient?: America’s First “Eco-burb,” The Woodlands Turns 50
A master-planned community north of Houston offers lessons on green infrastructure and resilient design, but falls short of its founder’s lofty affordability and walkability goals.
Delivering for America Plan Will Downgrade Mail Service in at Least 49.5 Percent of Zip Codes
Republican and Democrat lawmakers criticize the plan for its disproportionate negative impact on rural communities.
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Balancing Bombs and Butterflies: How the National Guard Protects a Rare Species
The National Guard at Fort Indiantown Gap uses GIS technology and land management strategies to balance military training with conservation efforts, ensuring the survival of the rare eastern regal fritillary butterfly.
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