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New Delhi:<\/strong> Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) announced on Wednesday that Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has become the first airport in India to achieve \u201cnet zero carbon emission airport status (Level 5 certification)\u201d under the Airport Council International\u2019s (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) program.<\/p>\n Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, CEO of DIAL \u2013 a consortium led by GMR, shared this news in a video message during an event at COP26, titled \u201cDelivering the Net Zero Airport of the Future,\u201d hosted by ACI.<\/p>\n On November 23, DIAL released a statement declaring its commitment to conducting business in an eco-friendly and sustainable way by minimizing the environmental impact of its operations with the necessary pollution control systems and safeguards in place.<\/p>\n Jaipuriar stated that Delhi Airport is on a robust environmental progress path and aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030, in accordance with the Airport Carbon Accreditation guidelines.<\/p>\n With the attainment of Level 5 certification, DIAL has shown substantial progress in cutting its Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 90%. The remaining emissions have been compensated for through approved offset removals, meeting the rigorous standards of the ACA program. DIAL has also pledged to reach net zero for Scope 3 emissions by 2050, in line with ACI\u2019s ACA frameworks and the worldwide movement towards a sustainable future.<\/p>\n In a pioneering move in 2019, DIAL introduced EVs and Taxibots (semi-robotic vehicles for taxiing aircraft to the runway) for commercial use, becoming the first airport globally to do so.<\/p>\n Before this, the airport had initiated programs for the utilization of renewable energy, the creation of eco-friendly airport infrastructures, various passenger connectivity networks, energy conservation, and efficiency enhancements, as well as stakeholder partnership initiatives, among other things.<\/p>\n The goal of Net Zero carbon emissions is to make adjustments that minimize carbon emissions to the lowest possible level, with offsetting as a final option.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] New Delhi: Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) announced on Wednesday that Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has become the first airport in India to achieve \u201cnet zero carbon emission airport status (Level 5 certification)\u201d under the Airport Council International\u2019s (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) program. Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, CEO of DIAL \u2013 a consortium […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/delhi-airport.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40632,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40630\/revisions\/40632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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