Climate Change and Adaptation detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Env students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Environmental Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of climate change and adaptation is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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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 stabilityTemperature profile of the atmosphere – Lapse rates – Temperature inversion – effects of inversion on pollution dispersion.
Unit III
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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- IndustryAgriculture – Forestry – Carbon sequestration- Carbon capture and storage (CCS) – Municipal solid Waste (MSW) & Bio waste, Biomedical, Industrial waste International and Regional cooperation.
Course Outcomes:
- Demonstrate an understanding of how the threats and opportunities of predicted climate changes will influence specific sectors at global and regional scale
- Identify the relationship between atmosphere and its components
- Analyze the impacts of climate change on environment parameters
- Evaluate the scientific insights underlying the assessment reports of the IPCC, with a focus on impacts, adaptation and mitigation
- Critically evaluate the relative opportunities and needs for mitigation and adaptation (including vulnerability assessments) in a variety of sectoral contexts
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Adaptation and mitigation of climate Scientific Technical Analysis, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006
- Atmospheric Science, J.M. Wallace and P.V. Hobbs, Elsevier / Academic Press 2006
- Jan C. van Dam, Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes?, Cambridge University Press, 2003
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Environmental Engineering 5th Sem, visit Env 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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