Annexure ‘CD – 01’
FORMAT FOR COURSE CURRICULUM
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Course Title: Climate Change and Carbon Management
Course Code:
Credit Units: 03
Course Objectives: This course familiarizes students with the development of the Earth’s atmosphere, its dynamic nature and variability in terms of the global energy
balance. It appraises the students on the management of climate change through mitigative and adaptive measures. It enhances the understanding on the varied impacts of
climate change on various sectors and introduces about the international and national bodies like UNFCCC, IPCC, Kyoto Protocol; national and international policies, laws &
regulations applicable to climate change.
Pre-requisites: Basic understanding of the environment and natural resources.
Student Learning Outcomes: On successfully completing this course, the students will be able to:
• Explain the greenhouse effect, including consideration of natural and anthropogenic greenhouse gases, and their principal sources and sinks;
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Describe the natural carbon cycle and human impacts on the carbon cycle;
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Demonstrate an understanding of the range of options available for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, including the use of carbon sinks and
carbon sequestration;
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Describe the various incentives and mechanisms used to promote greenhouse gas emissions reductions;
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Evaluate Global and National policies on climate change;
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Assess and select low-carbon products and services.
Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I: Introduction to Climate Change
25%
Descriptors/Topics
Green House Effect and Global Warming, Radiative Forcing, Feedback Mechanism, Global Warming Potential
(GWP), Green House Gas emissions from various natural & anthropogenic sources, Natural causes of climate
change – Milankovitch cycles, Schwabe cycles, Eccentricity and Obliquity, Records of climate change (glacial cycles,
ocean sediments, corals, tree rings), Earth energy balance, Ozone Layer Depletion, ENSO - El Nino and La Nina
Effects
Module II: Climate Change Vulnerability and Impacts
25%
Descriptors/Topics
Potential impacts of climate change on
water resources,
agriculture, forest, natural ecosystems,
infrastructure & energy sector, coastal zones, human habitats (rural & urban) and health. Approaches and
tools of assessment of climate change.
Module III: Climate Change Adaptation
25%
Descriptors/Topics
Definition of adaptation and mitigation; Adaptation options for terrestrial, fresh water & ocean ecosystem and their
confluences. Adaptation options available for human systems like human health, human settlement, agriculture
and food security and energy industry under various climate change scenarios. Carbon Sequestration – Carbon
Capture and Storage
Module IV : Climate Change Policy and Law
25%
Descriptors/Topics
International & national legislative framework in the field of climate change agreements, UNFCCC and Kyoto
Protocol, subsidiary scientific & implementation bodies, Kyoto mechanisms, Clean Development
Mechanism
(CDM) & Joint Implementation (JI), decisions of the COP and COP/MOP, DNA, CDM-EB and all Subsidiary
Bodies, Introduction to REDD and REDD Plus.
Pedagogy for Course Delivery: The course will be delivered through lecture mode. During tutorial sessions, written assignments, quiz and seminar
presentations on various topics related to the course will be organized. Class room interactions on one to one basis will be an integral part of the learning
experience. Students will be supplied with study materials regularly.
Lab/ Practicals details, if applicable: Not Applicable
List of Experiments:
Assessment/ Examination Scheme:
Theory L/T (%)
Lab/Practical/Studio (%)
End Term Examination
100 %
NA
100 %
Theory Assessment (L&T):
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment
Components (Drop down)
Weightage (%)
End Term Examination
Class Test
Home Assignment
Presentation
Attendance
10
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70
Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment: Not Applicable
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment
End Term Examination
Components (Drop down
Weightage (%)
Text:
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Gilbert M. Masters, Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science
Hardy, John T, Climate Change - Causes, Effects, and Solutions, John Wiley & Sons April 2003
Stephen J Culver, Biotic Response to Global Change Cambridge University Press July 2000
Edited by Steffen, W., Jäger, J., Carson, D. J., Bradshaw, C. Challenges of a Changing Earth Springer 2003
Anil Markandya and Kirsten Halsnaes Ed, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Prospects for Developing Countries Earthscan 2002
Global Warming The Complete Briefing, Third Edition, Johan Houghton, Cambridge University Press.
References:
 IPCC Fourth and Fifth Assessment Report
 www.unfccc.int
 www.cdmrulebook.com
 www.carbonyatra.com
 www.earthscan.co.uk