Carbon Neutral Airport : Environment for UPSC Exams


Carbon Neutral Airport : Environment for UPSC Exams


  • The Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi here has become Asia-Pacific’s only and one of the world’s few airports to achieve a “carbon neutral” status.
  • Less than 25 airports in the world, most of them Europe, have earned carbon neutral status.
  • Carbon neutrality occurs when the net carbon emissions over an entire year are zero or when the airport absorbs or offsets the same amount of emission that was generated.
  • The airport, managed by private operator Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), boasts green buildings, solar power plants, rainwater harvesting system.
  • The announcement was made by the international body of aerodrome operators across the world, ACI during the Airport Carbon Accreditation certificate presentation ceremony in Montreal, Canada.
  • Terminal 3 of Delhi Airport is a LEED Gold certified green building. The energy efficiency measures implemented in IGIA has been registered in UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) as clean development mechanism project.
  • In Dec 2016, The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad  achieved carbon neutral status. The 2nd airport to do so.

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