Global Warming and Climate Change
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The official GTU curriculum for Global Warming and Climate Change (subject code BE05013071) as prescribed for Env. Engg · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 41 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE05013071)Unit 1 Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
- sources and sinks of greenhouse gases
- Greenhouse gas emissions and emission trends
- Natural and enhanced greenhouse effect
- Introduction to Global warming
- mechanisms of global warming
- Introduction to the global carbon cycle and its components
Unit 2 Climate Change
- Concepts and Processes Definition and Elements of climate system
- Role of each element of climate system
- Natural climatic variability and Anthropogenic causes of climate change
- Observed trends in climate change
- Impacts of climate change at global and regional scales
- Introduction to climate change adaptation and mitigation concepts
Unit 3 Carbon Capture Sequestration and Storage
- Introduction & Necessity of CCS
- Introduction to carbon storage and different sequestration (CCUS): Biological carbon sequestration
- Geological carbon sequestration
- Technological Carbon Sequestration
- Industrial Carbon Sequestration
- Carbon capture technologies: post-combustion
- Carbon capture methods: adsorption
- membrane and cryogenic separation processes
- CO2 Utilization: CO2 flooding and methane recovery-Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery
Unit 4 Climate Policy and Global Frameworks
- Climate Policy Frameworks: Global and National Perspectives
- Key international institutions (UNFCCC
- Conference of Parties (COP): Structure
- functions and major outcomes
- Kyoto Protocol and Market-Based Mechanisms: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
- Joint Implementation (JI)
- Emission Trading (ET)
- Paris Agreement and Climate Commitments
- Carbon Markets: Concepts
- types of Carbon Markets
- Economic instruments: Carbon Pricing Mechanisms
- emission trading mechanisms
- Offset Mechanisms
Unit 5 Climate Change Modeling
- Understanding the Climate System
- Characteristics of climate system components
- Basic equation and dynamics of atmosphere
- Elementary idea of Global Climate Models
- Comparison of various IPCC reports
- Important findings of IPCC AR6
- Application of AI in Climate Modelling
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