Addressing the global challenges of water security and adaptation to a changing climate are at the core of the ABCD Center. (Aachen-Bangkok-Chennai-Dresden).

The Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre is being funded since May 2021 within the DAAD-programme Global Centres for Climate and Environment with means of the Federal Foreign Office.

With its location in Chennai and hubs in Thailand and Germany the ABCD Center will become a global institution for water security and climate adaptation. It will also train future environmental leaders and ensure the transfer of research into practice through a new dialogue between science and global society.

Project Details

The ABCD Center pursues three intertwined research clusters:

1. Cluster I covers the topics "Water Security, Water Resources Management, Secure Water Supply and Water Treatment".
2. Cluster II works on "Ecosystem Resilience and Nature-Based Adaptation Measures".
3. Cluster III deals with "Transfer Strategies for Climate Adaptation: Traditional Knowledge, Local Economies and Societal Acceptance". 

Measures

• Establishment of a joint master's course on "Water Security and Global Change"
• 30 long-term fellowships for doctoral students and related research
• Events for and dialogue with policymakers and decision-makers in the private sector and civil society stakeholders, among others to ensure transfer into practice