Indian airlines’ CO2 emissions increased by 63.5 per cent between 2012 and 2019: MoS Civil Aviation
NEW DELHI: The Indian airlines carbon dioxide emissions increased by 63.5 per cent from 11,560 thousand tons in 2012 to 18,900 thousand tons in 2019, Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh said on Wednesday.
“The data shows an increasing trend in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (by the Indian carriers) over the years,” Singh stated in his written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha. He gave the details of CO2 emissions by the Indian carriers between 2012 and 2019.
