Syllabus
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Course Code: MEMT-103 Course Name: Energy and Climate Change |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Energy and carbon emissions, World energy use and current energy scenario, Trends in energy use of oil, coal and gas, Energy use and air quality, Nuclear energy and environment, Fission and fusion, Clean Technology: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment. | |
| 2 | Global climate change: Greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases: sources, trends, radiative forcing, warming potential of gases. Photosynthetic mechanism and global climate change, Impacts of global warming: Polar ice caps and melting of glaciers, sea level increase, weather extreme, ecosystems, human health, coral reef bleaching, surface ocean chemistry, Biogenic calcification in oceans. |
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| 3 | Tools to study climate change: Climate change modelling and general circulation models.Mitigation strategies for global warming; Biological Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Sequestration in geological formations, role of forests and dry lands in Carbon Sequestration, carbon capture and storage technologies. Geoengineering Kyoto protocol, CDM and carbon trading. |
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| 4 | CO2 challenge: Contribution by source; contribution by national and international sector; Carbon intensity and emission scenarios; Global warming as an energy problem; Energy efficiency; Energy transition and carbon content reduction; impact of climate change on energy demand; environmental impacts of energy consumption. Sustainable low carbon future; role of IPCC . |
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