Contents
List of Figure 10
List of Table 10
List OF Charts 10
2 Chapter: Background 12
2.1 Impact of Climate Change Globally 12
2.2 Impact of Climate Change on India 12
3 Chapter: Introduction 14
3.1 Problem Statement 16
3.2 Research Questions 16
3.3 Research Objectives 16
3.4 Scope of Work 16
3.5 Research Methodology 17
3.6 Research Overview 17
4 Chapter: Research Plan 18
5 Chapter: Literature Review 20
5.1 Understanding the impact of lifestyle on individual carbon footprint. 20
5.2 The scale and drivers of carbon footprints in households, cities, and regions across India. 20
5.3 The impact of urbanization on carbon footprint: 22
5.4 The Journey of Conference of the Parties 23
5.5 Paris Climate Agreement. 23
5.6 Glasgow Climate Agreement 24
5.7 India's net zero target 25
6 Chapter: Process and Data Collection 26
6.1 Step 1 – Boundary (Site selection) 26
6.2 Scope 1 Data Collections: 28
6.2.1 Scope 1 Contributing Factors and Calculations 28
6.3 Scope 2 Data: 30
6.4 Scope 3 Data: 31
6.5 Exclusion and Estimations 32
6.6 OFFSET and SINKS 32
6.7 Summary and Analyses of Scopes 1, 2 and 3 41
6.8 Comparisons Study 43
7 Chapter: Comparative Case studies 45
7.1 Existing studies on GHG quantification and monitoring. 45
7.2 BITS Pilani 45
7.3 Universities of Leeds, United Kingdom 45
7.4 University of Illinois, Chicago 45
7.5 University of Cape Town, South Africa. 45
7.6 Norwegian University of Technology and Science. 46
7.7 De Montfort University, United Kingdom 46
7.8 Yale University (Yale Uni.), USA 46
8 Chapter: Recommendation 48
9 Chapter: Conclusion 50
10 Chapter: Bibliography 52