Carbon neutral airport in india

Synopsis Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has become Asia Pacific’s first Level 4+ (Transition) accredited airport under ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation program. This has been informed by the GMR Group, which operates a … Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport has become Asia Pacific’s first Level 4+ (Transition) accredited airport under ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation program. This has been informed by the GMR Group, which operates and owns the airport. • Delhi-Leh: Country’s highest altitude bus service is back on the road • Kerala Tourism to launch app for solo women travellers • UK announces entry fee for travellers The ACA, launched in 2009, adheres the global standard for carbon management in the airport industry, which aims to enable and encourage airports and its stakeholders to device best practices in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) management to achieve emission reductions. Reportedly, the Delhi airport achieved ‘Level 3+, Neutrality’ in 2016, i.e., the first Carbon Neutral Airport in the Asia Pacific region, a spokesperson from Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) stated. Referring to the latest achievement, Director General of ACI Asia Pacific Stefano Baronci stated that Delhi’s IGI Airport is raising the bar in Asia-Pacific by becoming one of the world’s first airports to obtain the new important Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 4+ Transition accreditation. As per the reports, the ACI this year revised the programme’s levels and...

Twenty-five airports in the country are using 100% green energy, while another 121 airports will be Mr. Scindia made the comments in his virtual address at the two-day EU-India aviation summit. He could not attend the event in person after testing Covid positive. "The emission contribution of the aviation industry has been under immense scrutiny. We have taken "We are encouraging our airports to use green energy by 2024 and achieve net zero by 2030. Twenty-five of our airports are already using 100% green energy. Our target is to make another 121 airports carbon neutral by 2025," he added. The summit, which began on Thursday, will focus on EU-India air transport relations and the mutually shared challenges and opportunities of the two regions, such as the post-Covid recovery of air traffic, increasing sustainability, maintaining safety and the development of unmanned aircraft systems. The summit will bring together top-level policy makers, industry executives and stakeholders from both the EU and India. The Aviation Minister noted that India has reformed the regulatory mechanism to promote aircraft manufacturing in the country. "We have reformed the regulatory environment to make it as conducive as possible. I urge industry players from the European Union to tap into these opportunities and become part of the fastest growing aviation industry in the world," he said.

India Aims To Make 121 Airports Carbon Neutral By 2025: Scindia Scindia made the comments in his virtual address at the two-day EU-India aviation summit. He could not attend the event in person after testing Covid positive. • • • • • Jyotiraditya Scindia said 121 airports will be made carbon neutral by 2025 Photo: PTI//Manvender Vashist Lav Twenty-five airports in the country are using 100 per cent green energy, while another 121 airports will be made carbon neutral by 2025, Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Thursday. Scindia made the comments in his virtual address at the two-day EU-India aviation summit. He could not attend the event in person after testing Covid positive. "The emission contribution of the aviation industry has been under immense scrutiny. We have taken several measures to minimise the carbon footprint and mitigate emissions from the aviation industry," said Scindia asserting that India and the European Union have a common goal of tackling climate change. "We are encouraging our airports to use green energy by 2024 and achieve net zero by 2030. Twenty-five of our airports are already using 100 per cent green energy. Our target is to make another 121 airports carbon neutral by 2025," he added. The summit, which began on Thursday, will focus on EU-India air transport relations and the mutually shared challenges and opportunities of the two regions, such as the post-Covid recovery of air traffic, increasing sustainability, maintainin...

Over 90 airports in the country will be carbon-neutral by 2024, while the number of airports will rise to 220 in the next five years, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on September 20. Currently, the country has 141 airports, of which Kochi and Delhi airports are carbon-neutral, the minister said. "One of the first things that I did when I took over as the aviation minister was to put a carbon mapping profile of our airports. Two of our airports, Delhi and Kochi, are already carbon-neutral and India will have 92-93 carbon-neutral airports by 2024," Mr. Scindia said at the All India Management Association national convention. Also Read | "Civil aviation is a highly visible sector, it's a very high-profile sector which attracts a lot of attention, but if you look at its contribution to green house gases and carbon emissions...its very small... 2% of carbon emissions of the world," he said. The ministry aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2030. "Indian airports will not just achieve the net zero target by 2030, but will likely have over 400 million passengers by then. At present, we have over 200 million domestic and international passengers. But to handle the increase in passengers, the infrastructure on ground has to be improved and increased. "In the last eight years, the number of airports in the country has increased from 74 to 141 and this will grow up to 220 in the next five years," he said. "The one thing that is scarce for every human being is time. No lo...

"One of the first things that I did when I took over as the aviation minister was to put a carbon mapping profile of our airports. Two of our airports, Delhi and Kochi, are already carbon-neutral and India will have 92-93 carbon-neutral airports by 2024," Scindia said at the All India Management Association national convention. "Indian airports will not just achieve the net zero target by 2030, but will likely have over 400 million passengers by then. At present, we have over 200 million domestic and international passengers. But to handle the increase in passengers, the infrastructure on ground has to be improved and increased. "Earlier, the notion was that you have got to have some base and capacity to be able to venture out and ask for an airport to be in your city, because the economic growth that powers the city and its environment becomes the basis for an airport's location. Today, that whole paradigm has changed..which means where you have airports, you will have economic growth and therefore the demand situation has completely changed," he said. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE • Congress seeks probe by National Investigation Agency into Manipur ‘deal’ • Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of plotting against state on rice scheme • No faith in Manipur government, Kukis move Supreme Court to seek army shield • Congress blasts Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on Galwan Valley clash • Cyclone Biparjoy displaces 94,000 people as it makes landfall in Saurashtra and Ku...