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Climate-proofing the airport of the future
Journal of Airport Management,
11
(2),
114-128
(2017)
Abstract
The effects of climate change have the potential to impact both aviation operations and infrastructure. Although this is still an emerging risk, awareness is growing and some organisations are now taking action to adapt. Key priorities for action include understanding and assessing potential impacts, identifying the potential resilience measures required and collaboration and communication across the sector to reduce overall network vulnerability. Pre-emptive action based on robust information is widely considered to be efficient and cost-effective and so now is the time for organisations to begin assessing whether this is a risk which they need to address.
Keywords: climate change; adaptation; resilience; extreme weather; sea-level rise; risk assessment
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Author's Biography
Rachel Burbidge is policy officer for the environment and climate change at EUROCONTROL, which she joined in 2005. She has been leading EUROCONTROL’s work on climate change adaptation since 2009. She is the agency’s policy officer for international aviation market-based measures for CO2 reduction and a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Global Market Based Measures Technical Task Force. She is also a member of the ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) Impacts and Science Group and Airport and Operations Working Group where she co-leads work on climate adaptation.
