5/06/2017
PUNE: The last
time Pune's carbon footprint was calculated was in 2010-11. In that survey,
conducted by Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Pune was ranked
fifth among in terms of Carbon Dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions.
Pune was also the first to conduct such a study at the
municipal level. However, that exercise was never repeated. The situation has
changed over the last six years, taking into account the development and the
scale of the city's consumption and emission patterns. Hence, Pune Municipal
Corporation (PMC) officials said that they will discuss the matter and
publish the CO2e report for the 2016-17 year in two months.
Explaining the need for calculating the carbon footprint, the civic
body's environment officer Mangesh Dighe told pune-news.com- "The study tells us about the consumption
patterns and the carbon emission inventory of the city. This will helped the
PMC initiate and plan various projects to control or offset the
emissions."
However, when asked why the study was not conducted in the six
years since the last report, Dighe said there was no mandate for a municipal
body to conduct a study over a fixed period of time. "There is no need to
conduct it at regular intervals, as the consumption and emission trend will not
change in a big city every year," Dighe said.
"We are now considering to have the carbon footprint
calculated once again. There is a meeting with the team from International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) soon. We will then ask them
to carry out the survey," he said.
The new study will be conducted for the year 2016-17, as the data is already available. ICLEI is also working with PMC for their Solar Mission project. The new report will be published by July 31, Dighe added.
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