The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on 27 September 2016 announced that the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has become the first airport in the Asia-Pacific region to achieve carbon neutral status.
•    DIAL is a GMR Group-led consortium which manages and operates IGI airport.
•    The announcement on the carbon neutral status was made by Airports Council International (ACI) during the Airport Carbon Accreditation certificate presentation ceremony held in Montreal, Canada.
•    Carbon neutrality, or a net zero carbon footprint, occurs when the net carbon emissions over an entire year is zero.
•    This means the airport absorbs or offsets the same amount of emission that was generated.
•    It is used in the context of carbon dioxide releasing processes associated with transportation, energy production, and industrial processes such as production of carbon neutral fuel. 
 

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