Climate Change and Sustainability
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The official GTU curriculum for Climate Change and Sustainability (subject code ME02018101) as prescribed for EM · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 29 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 (ME02018101)Unit 1 Introduction to Global Warming and Climate Change
- History of Global Warming and Climate Change
- Greenhouse Effect
- Weather and Climate
- Carbon Cycle
- Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
- Impacts of Climate Change
Unit 2 Climate Science
- Role of Meteorological parameters
- Feedback factors
- Earth’s Energy Budget
- Climate Subsystems: Global Carbon Budget
- Global Wind Circulation
- Global Ocean Circulation
Unit 3 Climate Policy
- International Environmental Protocols
- Role of IPCC and UNFCC
- Conference of Parties (COP)
- Paris Agreement
- Nationally Determined Contribution
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Carbon Neutrality and Net Zero Pathways and Policies
Unit 4 Environmental Sustainability
- Principle of Environmental Sustainability
- Introduction of ESG, Environmental
- Social, and Governance Factors
- Corporate Sustainability and Carbon Accounting
- ESG Policies and Framework Introduction to Circular Economy: concept
- principles, and goals of a circular economy
Unit 5 Climate Finance
- Businesses and Carbon Markets
- Carbon Finance Instruments and Funds
- Carbon Trading: Carbon pricing initiatives
- EUEmission Trading System (EUETS) and Emerging Trends in India