Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation

• Climate Change Perspective, Mechanism behind Global Warming, Climate Change and Cryosphere, Sea level rise and coastal cities

• Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, and Biosphere, Greenhouse Gases and their Role

Physical vulnerability, economic vulnerability, social vulnerability, vulnerability of resources to climate change

• Definition and components of resource sustainability
• Importance of resource sustainability in sustainable development

• Weather extremes, carbon cycle, sea level change, drought & water scarcity, crop yield variability

• Climate change – adaptability and sustainability, carbon footprint, carbon trading, climate justice, climate finance, net zero

• Characteristics, man & nature Interaction, Influence of climate change on settlement consumption pattern, impact on health

• Climate change mitigation, role of India, NAPCC, technology -adoption-access

• Projected climatic changes and IPCC, overview of UNFCC, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement and COP conferences

• Sustainable Development Goals, Goal 13- climate action, initiatives for sustainable development
• Strategies for sustainable resource management

• Glacial lake outbursts, landslides, bushfires, extreme heatwaves, cyclones