MNO501 Mining, Energy and Climate Change 3 0 0 9

Course Objective
This course will emphasize on the importance of global warming and its effect on the society. It
will also discuss on different mining and energy scenarios and their contribution for increasing the
carbon footprint which in turn produces global warming. All important research and development
contributing to reduction of its effect will be presented in the class. In addition, India’s commitment
for reduction of carbon footprint and the actions planned for implementation will be the subject of
discussion for energizing the young students for their contribution in thoughts and actions for
fulfilling the international commitments for saving the Mother Earth.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

● Facts of global warming and its significance; the need for addressing the emerging
environmental issues.
● Role of coal and uranium mining for energy security and potential dangers and disasters
with nuclear options.
● Role of gas and oil, associated issues and their impact on environment.
● Role of Renewable energy and its share in energy basket
● Different methods for Carbon dioxide sequestration and reduction of carbon footprint ●
India’s commitment for augmenting global warming.

Lecture Learning Outcomes

Hours
Units Course Contents
Unit-1 Basics of Global Warming and Climate change It will enable student to
Global warming and glacial change, the rise of understand the facts of
carbon, Alpine “Hot Box” experiment, the global warming and
atmosphere as a dam built across a river, Royal climate change in historical
Institution Laboratory and findings of John perspective and the present
Tyndall, Guy Callendar, Arrhenius etc., the age of 06 scenario.
discovery : findings of Roger Rivelle, Keelings
Curve, large scale geophysical experiments,
modelling of climate and road to Rio, journey to
Paris protocol
Unit-2 India’s Initial and Second National Understanding of the
Communication to the United Nations India’s initiative and
Framework Convention on Climate Change strategies for dealing with
(UNFCCC) the problem of climate
National Circumstances, GHG Inventory change in line with United
Information, Vulnerability Assessment and 07 Nations
Adaptation, Research and Systematic Framework
Observations, Education, Training and Public Convention on
Awareness, Programmes Related to Sustainable Climate Change.
Development, Constraints and Gaps, and Related
Financial, Technical and Capacity Needs
 Unit-3 Coal and Uranium Mining for Energy security The student will understand
Coal mining and electrical age, Wizards of Menlo the significance of coal and
uranium mining for energy
Park, Battle of the currents, Metering of the energy,
security and potential
Regulatory bargain, The growth of electrical age, dangers and disasters with
Uranium mining and nuclear cycle, Nuclear navy, 06 nuclear options.
Disaster of Three Mile Island,
Chernobyl Disasters and Fukushima Daiichi,
Growth of India’s coal and uranium mining
industry
Unit-4 Oil and Natural Gas – Adventure in Energy Understanding of growth
resources of world’s liquid fuels and
associated issues
Growth of world’s liquid fuel production, especially fluctuation of
Fluctuation of demand, supply and prices, Fear of supply, demand and prices.
running out of oil, Gulf war – Desert storm, 06
Pipeline battle, Influence of different nations in the
Persian Gulf, Major discoveries of oil and
innovations in the oil and gas industry for higher
recovery
Unit-5 It will help student
Role of renewable energy
understand the role and
Solar, Wind, Biofuels, Biomass, Geothermal, significance and limitations
Hydropower and other renewable energy options; 05 of
Developments in different fields and their Renewable energy and its
contribution to the energy basket share in energy basket.

Unit-6 Carbon dioxide sequestration and reduction of The student will

carbon footprint understand the different
methods for
Different methods for carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide
06
sequestration: Geological reserves, marine water sequestration and
and other methods for sequestration, other uses of reduction of carbon
carbon dioxide for reduction of global warming footprint.
Unit-7 It will make student
India’s commitment for augmenting global
03 familiar with latest
warming
strategies adopted by
Paris protocol, India’s commitment for reduction of India to fulfil its
global warming and actions envisaged commitment for reduction
global warming.

Text Books
1. Future of Energy : Brian F. Towler (2014)
2. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World : Daniel Yergin (2011)