Climate Change And Renewable Energy

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Energy Policy and Politics

Course Contents

1. Natural resources and their use, 2. The effects of human- driven activities on the environment, 3. Greenhouse gases and global warming, 4. Biogeochemical Cycles (Carbon, Nitrogen, Water Cycles), 5. Historical trends of greenhouse gas emissions, 6. Human-driven activities and climate change, 7. Causes and impacts of climate change, 8. Agreements made on climate change and institutions and organizations operating in this field, 9. Policies / mechanisms related to climate change adaptation and mitigation, 10. Energy transition, 11. Climate and environmental impacts of fossil fuels 12. The role of nuclear energy in mitigating climate change, 13. Importance of renewable energy in the fight against climate change, 14. Analyzing greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel fired power plants, 15. Energy efficiency’s key role in reducing climate change risks, 16. The effects of the use of energy resources on human, nature and economic activities, 17. The role of renewable energy sources in preventing the devastating effects of Climate Change, 18. Financing low-carbon electricity generation, 19. Incentive mechanisms for electricity from renewable energy sources, 20. Carbon Pricing Mechanisms, 21. Ecological and Economic Sustainability, 22. Historical responsibility for climate crisis, 23. Decoupling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Economic Growth and Degrowth.

Weekly Schedule

1) The Effects of Human- Driven Activities on the Environment
2) International Climate Change Agreements
3) Energy Transition
4) Calculation Of GHG Emissions In Thermal Power Plants
5) The Role of Nuclear Energy in Mitigating Climate Change
6) The Use of Renewable Energy Sources in Nearly Zero Energy Building Design
7) Energy Efficiency’s Key Role in Reducing Climate Change Risks
8) The Role Of Renewable Energy Sources in Preventing the Devastating Effects of Climate Change
9) Financing Low-Carbon Electricity Generation
10) Incentives for Financing the Renewable Energy Transition
11) Carbon Pricing Mechanisms
12) Ecological and Economic Sustainability
13) Historical Responsibility for Climate Crisis
14) Decoupling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Economic Growth And Degrowth

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014). Climate Change 2014: Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2- Grubb, Michael (2014), Planetary Economics: Energy, Climate Change and the Three Domains of Sustainable Development, London: Routledge.
3- Gupta, Joyeeta (2014), The History of Global Climate Governance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
4- Van de Graaf, Thijs and Benjamin K. Sovacool (2020), Global Energy Politics, Cambridge: Polity Press.
5- Energy, Environment, and Climate Third Edition, Richard Wolfson, 2018, W.W. Norton & Company
6- Climate Change and Renewable Energy: How to End the Climate Crisis 1st ed. 2020 Edition by Martin J. Bush, Palgrave Macmillan,
7- Renewables: The Politics of a Global Energy Transition (The MIT Press) Paperback – March 23, 2018 by Michael Aklin, The MIT Press
8- Maslin, M. (2008). Global Warming: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9- Stern, N. (2007). The Economics of Climate Change: the Stern Review. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Demonstration
5) Group Study
6) Brain Storming
7) Case Study
8) Self Study
9) Problem Solving
10) Project Based Learning

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	50%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	50%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required