EUROPEAN AIRPORTS LINE UP TO RECEIVE ACI CARBON REDUCTION ACCREDITATION
February 1st, 2010
BY ALAN OSBORN
IN the world rankings of big polluters, airports occupy a very respectable position near the foot of the table. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) estimates that aviation's total CO2 emissions account for 2% of the global total, with airports themselves accounting for only up to 5% of that air industry tranche. "But European airports are keen to tackle their greenhouse gas emissions - several individual airports operators having already committed to becoming carbon neutral in the past few years with some having already ...
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