Eurocontrol

Speaker Biograghy: Rachel joined Eurocontrol 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 ICAO Global Market Based Measures Technical Task Force, as well as being a member of the ICAO CAEP Impacts and Science Group and Airport and Operations Working Group. She also contributes to the SESAR Single European Sky ATM Research Programme, where she leads the environmental risk and regulation work. She has a degree in Environmental Studies and a Master's degree in Sustainable Development.


Day 1 - 15 March
Session:
Energy, Environmental Issues & Sustainability


09:10 - 09:40 - Climate-proofing the airport of the future: keeping passengers moving
Synopsis: The impacts of climate change are an operational and business risk for aviation. Many airports are already considering how to make operations and infrastructure more resilient to the potential impacts of climate change. However, it is also important to consider the passenger perspective. This presentation will follow on from Eurocontrol’s presentation at Passenger Terminal CONFERENCE 2015 by identifying the specific challenges involved and what measures might be taken.

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