- Prologue
- L8/P4: IPCC-5th Assessment Report, UNFCCC, Rio Earth Summit
- L8/P5: Kyoto to Lima to Paris Post-2020 Climate framework
- L8/P6: Climate Finance mechanisms: National and International level
Prologue
- On 5th May 2015, my session on environment part-1: National Environment issues-green law panel recommendations. As such environment not my subject but since Economy survey both volumes have chapters on it, I’m covering it.
- Total about 1:15 hours, split into 5 parts.
- PowerPoint of the lecture, available at mediafire.com/folder/2bb433i58hp2v/General_Studies_Mrunal
- Medium of instruction- Hindi.
- English version not possible for the moment, because I’m required to teach at this batch, in Hindi/Gujarati only. Besides, same content is available in English-text articles or English PPTs on the site.
L8/P4: IPCC-5th Assessment Report, UNFCCC, Rio Earth Summit
- recap of the previous lecture
- 1992: Earth summit at Rio, Brazil and its 3 important outcomes- biodiversity, climate change and sustainable Development.
- Difference between IPCC and UINFCCC
- IPCC 5th assessment report: major points.
- Ecological overshoot and earth hour.
- Impact of rise in anthropogenic greenhouses gases on food security and economic Development.
- Ascending descending order of greenhouse gas emission – sourcewise and countrywise.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/YgA2IdQQyv8
L8/P5: Kyoto to Lima to Paris Post-2020 Climate framework
- Kyoto Summit 1997 and its four important annexes
- Greenhouse gas: theory / chemistry points on Nitrous oxide, laughing gas, SF6, PFCs and HCFs.
- Montreal protocol 1989 on Ozone depletion.
- Roadmap for climate change: Kyoto to Qatar to Paris 2015.
- Millennium Development goals.
- Lima Summit 2014: major outcomes and criticisms
- India’s official stand on climate change: (1) CBDR (2) Funding (3) technological transfer
- What’s the difference between adaptation and mitigation?
- Discussion on mock question for mains: “India’s stand on Post-2020 climate change framework, is guided by its peculiar socio-economic and demographic profile.” Elaborate.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/PNJpnVGoB-8
L8/P6: Climate Finance mechanisms: National and International level
- international climate finance: Kyoto- Clean Development mechanism (CDM) and carbon trading, survey points
- Global environment facility at Washington vs. Green climate fund at Songdo, South Korea- what’s the difference?
- budget – taxation provisions for combating climate change
- case for increasing coal cess further
- national action plan on climate change (NAPCC): its sub-missions
- Performance-Achieve-Trade (PAT) mechanism
- Jawaharlal Nehru national solar mission (JNNSM)- salient features and two controversies –about WTO non-tariff barrier and 2:1 Bundling plan.
- national adaptation fund, national reconstruction fund, compensatory afforestation fund
- Priority sector lending norms- inclusion on renewable energy projects.
- End of climate and infrastructure pillar.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/fZ7Xz2Ke-KM
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sir till when we can expect ppts of remaining environment lectures
regards
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Sir ,
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And also sylllabous is not clearly given ,.
Can u plz direct me for the preparation……
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