Davide Bassano

Davide Bassano has postgraduate master's degree in industrial logistics and management systems and has been the director of sustainability of Save Group since 2021. From 2003 to 2020 he was director of quality, environment and safety. Before joining Save, in his professional career, he worked in companies in the industrial sector and then moved on to consulting and certification in international companies, first in Norway and then in Germany.

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Climate change risks on health and safety at Venice Airport

Climate hazards have nowadays been acknowledged as key risk factors for airports, with the main focus on physical risks to the complex system of infrastructures and its key technological components. Nevertheless, the impacts of climate change on workers’ health and safety are usually not included in the classical climate change risk assessment framework, as such aspects are traditionally studied from an occupational risk perspective, dealing with exposure to extreme weather conditions without a structured model for considering the projected changes. The presentation describes the approach taken by Save to cover occupational health and safety aspects in climate change risk assessment for Venice Airport.

The audience will learn:

• The drivers that led Save to structure a comprehensive framework for climate risk assessment for airport infrastructures and personnel
• How to transform current management culture to enhance airports' operational ability to become more climate-resilient, considering workers as strategic asset
• The theoretical framework of including vulnerability of workers within a climate risk assessment methodology in line with relevant standards
• A set of potential impacts of relevant climate hazards from the OHS perspective for an airport
• How to mitigate the effects of acute and chronic events with measures dedicated to health and safety of workers