Aviation might be a deeply carbon-emitting business that is still aeons away from any semblance of sustainability. But on the ground, at least a clutch of airports are doing their bit for a cleaner tomorrow, and actually succeeding right today.
And the good news this World Environment Day? That line-up includes quite a few Indian airports as well.
As many as 66 Indian airports run cent per cent on clean energy, according to the Ministry of Civil Aviation. And this is a figure from two years ago, and could have gone up by now. Two out of them, Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport as well as Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, are in fact amongst the elite 16 leading aerodromes that have achieved Level 5, the highest level of certification given out for carbon emissions-reducing efforts (except for one in Christchurch, New Zealand, all the other 13 are in Europe).
“This accomplishment underscores the growing momentum for airport climate action in the region and highlights the crucial role that airports can play in driving decarbonisation efforts in the aviation sector,” according to a statement by the Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme (ACAP).
Other airports like Mumbai and Hyderabad have achieved Level 4+ and higher Airports International Council (ACI) Accreditation and have become carbon neutral. The efforts are not restricted to the metros alone—Kochi is famous for becoming the world’s first airport fully powered by solar energy, while Indore grabbed headlines by becoming a zero-waste airport, with all waste generated being converted into compost or recycled.
04/06/2026 K. Sunil Thomas/The Week
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