Subject Code::CL6L213 Name: Climate Change Impact and Adaptation L-T-P: 2-0-0 Credit:2
Pre-requisite(s): None
Climate change – historical perspectives; Carbon cyclone - the Global Carbon Cycle, the Ocean Carbon Cycle, the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle, Modeling the Carbon Cycle; Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols; Greenhouse Effect: Temp, Radiation, & Energy, Climate Sensitivity; Linking Human Dimension to Climate Change; Econometric Models and GHG Emissions Scenarios; Climate Projections; Strategies to Slow & Stabilize Climate Change; Sequestrations of Atmospheric CO2; Impacts of Climate Change; Climate change & policy options.

Text/Reference Books:

1. Climate Change synthesis report (2007), IPCC
2. Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, IPCC
3. Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, IPCC
4. Kevin E Trenberth: Climate System Modeling, Cambridge University Press
5. Kendal McGuffie, Ann Henderson-Sellers: A Climate Modeling Premier, Wiley