Climate change adaptation progress report for Glasgow Airport

This is the progress report by the Glasgow Airport Limited (GLAL) on its climate change adaptations. The report sets out the Airport's progress in adapting to the current and future predicted effects of climate change. For GLAL the most significant climate change risks arise from projected longer term changes to temperature and precipitation extremes. The biggest uncertainties surround future prevailing wind conditions.

The actions taken to deal with predicted climate change impacts are the following (p. 8-9):

• Ensure appropriate design standards are applied to new buildings to address risks from water ingress/flooding.
• Investigate and address risks of groundwater flooding to existing critical assets.
• Conduct sensitivity test airport drainage infrastructure to ensure as robust as practicable to future climate
  extremes.
• Review winter operations plans taking into account learnings from 2009/10 winters and ensure contingencies consider future climate change.