REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
(SIAS EVS 01 01 02 GE 4004)
Corse title: Regional and Global Environmental Issues
Course objective: The objective of this course is to aware students regarding the emerging regional
and global environmental issues.
Learning outcomes:
• To know about the local environmental issues and movements
• How these issues may impact at the global level
• How we can play an important role to minimize the impact of these aspects
Course content:
Unit-I: Global and National Environmental Issues
Sea-level Change- primary and secondary impacts- Adapting to Sea level changes. Global Warming
and Greenhouse gases- Global and national scenario, Deforestation, . National Action Plan on
Climate Change (NAPCC), Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), Climate Change
and Biodiversity loss, Climate change and food security, Ozone depletion.
Unit-II: Environmental Disasters
Nuclear issues, Nuclear power, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear and radiation accidents, Bhopal gas
disaster 1984, Three Mile Island accident (1979), Kyshtym Nuclear Disaster (1957), Wind Scale
Fire Nuclear Disaster (1957), Love canal tragedy, Chernobyl disaster 1986, Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear disaster 2011, Nuclear safety, High-level radioactive waste management.
Unit-III: Environmental Issues and Movements
Global and national movements of Significance impact: Green Belt movement, Green Peace, Chipko
movement, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Tehri dam, Urja gram, Beej Bachao Andolan, Silent valley-
Doon valley and related issues/case studies
Unit-IV: Contemporary Issues
Green Buildings, GRIHA rating norms, Genetic pollution, Genetically modified food controversies,
Intensive farming Monoculture, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Water conservation- development of
watersheds, Rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge, Namami Gange and Yamuna action
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plan, SDGs , NAPCC- National Water Mission (NWM), National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan
Ecosystem (NMSHE) and National Mission for Strategic Knowledge on Climate Change
(NMSKCC), National Solar Mission (NSM), National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
(NMEEE), National Mission on Sustainable Habitat (NMSH), National Mission for Sustainable
Agriculture (NMSA) and Green India Mission (GIM).
REFERENCES
1. Abel D C, McConnell R L (2012) Environmental Issues: Looking Towards a Sustainable
Future (4th Edition) 4th Edition. Pearson Learning Solutions
2. Asthana D K, Asthana M (2007) Environment: Problems and Solutions, S. Chand & Co.,
New Delhi
3. Burroughs W J (2007) Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach. 2nd Edition.
Cambridge University Press
4. Cao G, Orru R (2014) Current Environmental Issues and Challenges. 2014th edition;
Springer
5. Cunningham W P, Cunningham M A (2006) Principles of Environment Science. Enquiry
and Applications. 4th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
6. Divan S, Rosencranz A (2002) Environmental Law and Policy in India: Cases, Materials and
Statutes, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
7. Harris F (2005) Global Environmental Issues. Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA
8. Singh J S, Singh S P, Gupta S R (2017) Ecology, Environment and Resource Conservation.
Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, India
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