Rachel Burbidge

Rachel has led Eurocontrol’s climate change adaptation work since 2009, authoring its challenges of growth reports and peer-reviewed articles. She co-chairs the European aviation climate change adaptation working group with ACI-Europe and co-leads ICAO’s climate adaptation efforts within the aviation and environmental protection committee. Passionate about resilience in aviation, Rachel combines expertise and leadership to address climate challenges. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and sharing insights on climate change adaptation.

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Adapting Caribbean and Latin American airports to climate change

Climate change is a significant and accelerating risk for airports in the Caribbean and Latin America (LAC). Higher temperatures, heavy precipitation and stronger storms are already impacting infrastructure and disrupting operations, and this will only increase. Given the social and economic criticality of airports to the region, it is vital that they adapt and build resilience. However, to date, knowledge of potential impacts and adaptation measures is limited. This new ACI-LAC study presents novel insights into the key climate challenges that LAC airports will face and the actions that are needed to develop a climate-resilient regional airport sector.

The audience will learn:

• How will climate change impact airports in Latin America and the Caribbean and what will be the biggest challenges?
• What are LAC airports doing to adapt and build resilience to climate change and what further action is required?
• To what extent do LAC airports consider themselves prepared for the impacts of climate change?
• What are the five key actions that the LAC airport sector can take to accelerate climate adaptation action?

FlyingGreen: a one-stop shop supporting aviation decarbonization and climate adaptation

As the aviation industry continues to grow, it is crucial to address the associated environmental challenges. Eurocontrol’s FlyingGreen provides states, ANSPs, airports and other aviation stakeholders with the tools and resources they need to adopt green practices and strive toward a more sustainable future. The platform is freely available and free of charge. Its four pillars provide support to stakeholders in addressing the most pressing decarbonization priorities: reducing emissions (NetZero), transitioning to more sustainable fuel (Fuelling Decarb), building climate change resilience to ensure efficient, safe operations (ClimAdapt) and accelerating aviation's access to green funding (DecarbFin).

The audience will learn:

• How to use the platform to measure and monitor emissions and explore estimated future emissions scenarios
• How to assess the sustainable aviation fuel production potential and the gaps between the quantities needed and production capabilities
• How to take the first steps in initiating a climate-change risk assessment and identify adaptation and resilience actions
• How to identify funding opportunities, and understand and take actions to comply with EU taxonomy and CSRD reporting