Contents
Figures
Tables
Declaration i
Acknowledgement i
Preface ii
Impact of Climate Change Globally ii
Impact of Climate Change on India ii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 General Introduction 1
1.2 Minds behind by Carbon Neutral Campuses 1
2 Research Methodology 2
3 Literature Review 3
3.1 Green House Gases (GHGs) Effect 3
3.2 Carbon Emission or Green House Gases (GHGs) emission 3
3.3 Carbon dioxide equivalent 3
3.4 SDGs or Sustainable Development Goals 4
3.5 COP 5
3.6 The Journey of Conference of the Parties. 5
3.7 Paris Climate Agreement 6
3.8 Ambition mechanism of the Paris Agreement 6
3.9 Glasgow Climate Agreement 7
3.10 INDIA’S NET-ZERO TARGET 7
3.11 India’s INDC as presented at the UN Conference 8
3.12 India’s Current Initiatives 9
3.13 Maharashtra and Carbon Emission 10
3.14 Journal Paper Summary 11
4 Research Overview 12
4.1 Research Question 12
4.2 Research objective 12
4.3 Research Scope 13
4.4 Research Site 13
4.5 Research Methodology 15
4.6 Research Plan 15
5 Steps towards becoming Carbon Neutral Campus (CNC) 17
5.1 Measure 17
5.2 Reduce 18
5.3 Offset 18
5.4 The ultimate goal 18
5.5 Tasks an organisation has to take to become Carbon Neutral 18
6 Carbon Neutral Campus 18
6.1 Timeline for the tasks performed towards Carbon Neutral Campus 19
6.2 Decide Base Year & Boundary 19
6.3 Decide Scopes, Identify Sinks & offsets 21
6.4 Collect Data and Calculate Carbon Footprint, raise awareness on the campus 21
6.5 Carbon Offsets and Sinks 23
7 Way forward 24
7.1 Mapping the trees 24
7.2 Awareness Program for the Campus Users 24
7.2.1 Behavioural ways to reduce the Carbon footprint on a Campus 24
7.3 Policy and Process changes to reduce the Carbon footprint on a Campus 24
7.4 Technological changes 24
8 Bibliography 25