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Emissions

the OutLOOK
Global warming is becoming an issue of huge
concern as the entire world is witnessing unusual
and rapid changes in climate. These changes are
characterised by prolonged seasons, extreme
changes in weather patterns, rise in ambient
temperatures, and increasing floods and draughts.
Green House Gas (GHG) emissions are one of the
major causes of climate change.

For Indian agriculture (and consequently, the
fertiliser industry), these trends are particularly
alarming as climate change has hit both the hardest.
A few states have received excess rainfall, resulting us to keep our GHG emissions low. Almost all of
in floods; while the others have been hit by the the CO2 formed during ammonia production is
worst drought seen in decades. Prolonged seasons reused in urea production. Thus GHG emissions
and the rise in temperatures has had a debilitating from our operations are primarily due to natural gas
impact: crops have been destroyed, crop quality or naphtha consumed as fuel. During the reporting
and production has fallen, soil quality has been period, our total GHG emissions at the SSP plant
depleted, and farmers as a result, are being pushed were 0.00254 million tCO2. Our total GHG
to the edge of poverty. emissions at the urea and SSP plants (from the use
of natural gas as fuel and using electricity from the
At Chambal, we share the concern of the world grid) was 1.0923 million tCO2.
towards climate changes and are fully committed to
doing our bit to reverse it. Besides addressing the problem of GHG emissions
internally (by streamlining our production
OuR APPROACh processes, for example) we are also tackling the
Curbing green house gas (ghg) emissions external dimension by sensitizing farmers about
We recognise that our operations are inextricably the pitfalls of excessive fertiliser use and faulty crop
linked to energy consumption, and that as a result, production, and the need for good agriculture
our plants generate greenhouse gases, particularly practices. Consequently, the combined efforts of
carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Chambal and the farmers are contributing to a
We agree with a widely held view that a drop in lowering of emissions in the Gadepan region.
environmental quality negatively impacts all aspects
of life. Efforts are, therefore, needed to reduce the
emission of greenhouse gases, which are mainly
responsible for atmospheric warming.

ghg emissions
GHG emissions can be curbed by using cleaner
fuel and technologies. We primarily use natural gas
as feedstock and fuel. We have completely stopped
using Naphtha as fuel. Use of natural gas has helped

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