Role of ozone in environment – ozone layer – ozone depleting gases – Green House Effect, Radiative effects of Greenhouses Gases – Hydrological Cycle – Green House Gases and Global Warming – Carbon Cycle.
Importance of Atmosphere – Physical Chemical Characteristics of Atmosphere – Vertical structure of the atmosphere – Composition of the atmosphere – Atmospheric stability – Temperature profile of the atmosphere – Lapse rates – Temperature inversion – effects of inversion on pollution dispersion.
Causes of Climate change : Change of Temperature in the environment – Melting of ice Pole-sea level rise-Impacts of Climate Change on various sectors – Agriculture, Forestry and Ecosystem – Water Resources – Human Health – Industry, Settlement and Society – Methods and Scenarios – Projected Impacts for Different Regions – Uncertainties in the Projected Impacts of Climate Change – Risk of Irreversible Changes.
Climate change and Carbon credits – CDM – Initiatives in India-Kyoto Protocol Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change – Climate Sensitivity and Feedbacks – The Montreal Protocol – UNFCCC- IPCC – Evidences of Changes in Climate and Environment – on a Global Scale and in India.
Clean Development Mechanism – Carbon Trading – examples of future Clean Technology – Biodiesel – Natural Compost – Eco-Friendly Plastic – Alternate Energy – Hydrogen – Bio-fuels – Solar Energy – Wind – Hydroelectric Power – Mitigation Efforts in India and Adaptation funding Key Mitigation Technologies and Practices – Energy Supply – Transport – Buildings – Industry – Agriculture – Forestry – Carbon sequestration – Carbon capture and storage (CCS) – Waste (MSW) & Bio waste, Biomedical, Industrial waste – International and Regional cooperation.
Reference Book:
1. Juha I. Uitto, Jyotsna Puri and Rob D. van den Berg, Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development, Springer International Publishing, 2017. 2. Atmospheric Science, J.M. Wallace and P.V. Hobbs, Elsevier / Academic Press 2006. 3. Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerabilities And Adaptation In Developing Countries-UNFCCC Publication, 2007.
Text Book:
1. Adaptation and mitigation of climate – Scientific Technical Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006 2. Jan C. van Dam, Impacts of “Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimesâ€, Cambridge University Press, 2003
