Multiple choice

Which is the first railway project in the world to have earned carbon credits after being registered with UN under Clean Development Mechanism?

  1. Shanghai Metro

  2. Delhi Metro

  3. New York City Subway

  4. Buenos Aires Metro
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Delhi Metro has won awards for environment friendly practices from organisations including the United Nations, RINA and the International Organisation for Standardisation, becoming the second metro in the world, after the New York City Subway, to be ISO 14001 certified for environmentally friendly construction.  It is also the first railway project in the world to earn carbon credits after being registered with the United Nations under the Clean Development Mechanism and has so far earned 400,000 carbon credits by saving energy through the use of regenerative braking systems on its trains.

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