CAI332 Climate Change and Adaptation Syllabus:

CAI332 Climate Change and Adaptation Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To know the basics, importance of global warming
 To know the concept of mitigation measures against global warming
 To learn about the global warming and climate change

UNIT I EARTHS CLIMATE SYSTEM

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

UNIT II ATMOSPHERE AND ITS COMPONENTS

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.

UNIT III IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

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.

UNIT IV CLIMATE CHANGES AND ITS CAUSES

Climate change and Carbon credits – CDM – Initiatives in India-Kyoto Protocol Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change – Climate Sensitivity and Feedbacks – The Montreal Protocol – UNFCCCIPCC – Evidences of Changes in Climate and Environment – on a Global Scale and in India.

UNIT V CLIMATE CHANGE AND MITIGATION MEASURES

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) – Municipal solid Waste (MSW) & Bio waste, Biomedical, Industrial waste International and Regional cooperation.

FOR FURTHER READINGS
Sequestration of carbon through renewable energy technologies

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO1 Demonstrate an understanding of how the threats and opportunities of predicted climate changes will influence specific sectors at global and regional scale
CO2 Identify the relationship between atmosphere and its components
CO3Analyze the impacts of climate change on environment parameters
CO4 Evaluate the scientific insights underlying the assessment reports of the IPCC, with a focus on impacts, adaptation and mitigation
CO5 Critically evaluate the relative opportunities and needs for mitigation and adaptation (including vulnerability assessments) in a variety of sectoral contexts

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
TEXTBOOKS

1. Sangam Shrestha, Mukand S. Babel and Vishnu Prasad Pandey, 2014, Climate Change and Water Resources, CRC Press an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group.
2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: https://www.ipcc.ch/

REFERENCES

1. Adaptation and mitigation of climate Scientific Technical Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006
2. Atmospheric Science, J.M. Wallace and P.V. Hobbs, Elsevier / Academic Press 2006
3. Jan C. van Dam, Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes?, Cambridge University Press, 2003