Question : Which airport becomes Asia Pacific’s first carbon accredited airport ?
(a)Delhi Airport
(b)Mumbai Airport
(c)Chennai Airport
(d)Kolkata Airport
Answer (a)
Related facts
- Delhi airport has recently(November 2020) been adjudged as the best airport in carbon emission reduction management in the Asia Pacific region.
Achievement
- This achievement is associated with Level 4+ accreditation.
- Delhi Airport has become first airport in the Asia-Pacific Region to achieve this accreditation.
- This accreditation has been given under ACAP(Airport Carbon Accreditation Program).
Next target
- The GMR-led Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has said that it aims to become Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport by 2030.
ACAP
- Airport Carbon Accreditation is the only institutionally-endorsed, global carbon management certification programme for airports.
- It independently assesses and recognises the efforts of airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions through 6 levels of certification: ‘Mapping’, ‘Reduction’, ‘Optimisation’, ‘Neutrality’, ‘Transformation’ and ‘Transition’.
- The Airport Carbon Accreditation programme of Airport Council International was launched in 2009. Initially had 4 Levels-
Level 1 : Mapping
Level 2 : Reduction
Level 3 : Optimisation
Level 3+: Neutrality(DIAL has maintained this accreditation since 2016)
- In 2020, ACI had revised the program’s Levels and added two new levels(In order to to limit the increase of global average temperature) –
Level 4 : Transformation
Level 4+ : Transition
By — Pankaj Pandey.