From purchasing power from ”green generators” to allowing only solar operated vehicles for in-campus transportation and installing waste treatment plants in premises, universities and institutes across the country (India) are taking strides to reduce their carbon footprint. Leading the way, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, became the first central government funded technical institute to reduce its carbon footprint by more than 50 per cent. ”Availing green power through open access is an important initiative that we have taken in recent times to share our responsibility towards clean climate.
According to Rajendra Shende, Chairman, TERRE Policy Centre, the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP) in its latest ’ Emission Gap Report’ declared that the promises given by countries under Paris Climate Agreement are not adequate to achieve the objective of the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015. ”It is therefor essential that countries achieve the ’net zero emissions’ within next 30-40 years.
Joining the league, IIT Mandi has an active Green Committee which manages all green activities on campus. ”As a second-generation IIT, barely a decade old, environmental conservation and reduced emission were included in the campus planning from the beginning. The following steps have already been implemented to reduce carbon footprint. As a technology and research institute of national importance, we see movement of large numbers of people across the country and abroad; both faculty and students, as well as the operation of high-power consuming research instruments. ”Thus we understand that it is difficult to achieve complete carbon neutrality. But efforts are underway to shift to renewable energy sources as well as offsetting the carbon footprint through other activities,” CS Yadav, Chair, Green Committee and Associate Professor, at IIT Mandi told PTI.
Source: Careers 360
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