Kansai Airports

We held a special summer vacation event, "Parent-child Environment Tour," for children in 4th to 6th grades and their parents living near the Kansai International Airport.
They all enjoyed learning about environmental issues while studying seaweed beds, a unique initiative of Kansai International Airport, touring environment-related facilities such as the purification center and hydrogen station and understanding various initiatives by airlines. As an airport that prioritizes coexistence with the local community, we will continue our efforts to communicate with residents through environmental initiatives.

Kansai Airports Group received the 2022 Osaka Climate Change Action Award^* for its BCP construction project. In response to the damage caused by Typhoon Jebi in September 2018, Kansai International Airport took measures in many areas, such as raising the seawalls around the airport island with an additional amount to the normal amount of raising, and we also added more height against the expected rise in sea level due to weather fluctuations.
The award was given in recognition of these disaster prevention projects which aim to mitigate and control the impacts of unexpected large typhoons and other events caused by climate change and to minimize their impact on the Kansai economy, as the best-quality initiative in the field of adaptation from comprehensive perspectives such as continuity and spillover effects.

＜Main Initiatives＞
■Raising seawalls by adding projected sea level rise due to climate change
■Wave-dissipating blocks
■Relocation of electrical facilities above ground
■Installation of large scale water cut off barriers

* This award is given to businesses with offices or their business sites, etc. in Osaka Prefecture that have made particularly outstanding efforts to set an example for others with regard to measures to combat climate change and mitigate the heat island effect.

Reference:

• Osaka Climate Change Action Awards
• Kansai Airports BCP