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7 IntroductIon The goal of this Synthesis report is to identify current plans and practices for managing climate risks at airports through analysis of case examples and supplementary review. The cases that follow begin with an example of a mature response to climate change, illustrating the reality of climate change at Alaskan airports.
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9 it was that clear climate change was its own topic, although connected in many ways to sustainability. Early drafts of the white paper required some revisions to reach a consensus among internal departments, because it was a new topic area.
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10 The project's focus was on sea level rise, the single most prominent climate threat to the collected entities. Under the ICLEI model, development of an adaptation strategy would move San Diego Bay through Milestones, 1, 2, and 3 for adapting to sea level rise and related issues.
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11 case 4: atlanta, Georgia Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is located in Atlanta, Georgia.
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12 and a master plan that includes a section devoted to sustainability. There is a flexible process in place, including signals from leadership, for considering climate change impacts at the appropriate time.
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13 The Southwest Airlines hub, Dallas Love Field, closed temporarily. As a result, thousands of football fans were left in limbo making for a major public relations problem that was a potential threat to DFW's reputation and business goals.
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14 ice storms experienced during the past few years and the impact of the most recent storm to DFW operations especially during a major event in the DFW metroplex caused DFW to re-examine its capability to respond appropriately to weather events. DFW therefore sought information from airports with similar climate conditions as those experienced February 4, 2011.
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15 in the Great Plains, they are accustomed to handling irregular operations and disaster situations, an issue illustrated by the following summary of JMAA's procedures as well as its activities after a major hurricane. JMAA standard operating procedures call for continual assessment of the weather in the surrounding area and at the most logical points where its airports' operations will be affected.
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16 At 10:00 a.m. on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi with sustained winds of 120 mph.
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17 Some issues had to wait until operations were back to normal. When they were, JMAA quickly moved to address ways to ensure supplies of the essential resource for an airport's operation: fuel.
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