More Asian airports join carbon scheme
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Three more airports in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions have become ‘Airport Carbon Accredited’, under a scheme operated by Airports Council International (ACI).
Adelaide Airport, Parafield Airport, also in Adelaide, and Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport have achieved level one of the carbon scheme, which assesses airports’ efforts to manage and reduce their carbon emissions. There are four levels of accreditation, ranging from ‘mapping’ to ‘reduction’, ‘optimisation’ and ‘neutrality’.
So far, no Asian airport has achieved the fourth level, but Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has reached ‘optimisation’ level, and three Indian airports – Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad – have achieved ‘reduction’. The latest three airports join Abu Dhabi, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and Singapore Changi airports in level one, ‘mapping’.
“I am pleased to welcome another three airports being accredited under the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme,” said Patti Chau, regional director for ACI Asia Pacific. “These three airports are the pioneers in their countries as they are the very first airports in Australia and in Jordan to become airport carbon accredited. I look forward to welcoming more airports in our region taking this necessary step to manage their carbon emissions.”
The airports were presented with their certificates at the ACI World Annual Congress and Exhibition 2013, which was held from 10-12 June in Istanbul.
Pictured: Patti Chau presents the certificate to Rula Jamal Rashid Daoud, Fatina Tawfig Jeries Gammoh and Rodolfo E. Echeverria of Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport.
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