Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre
Together with partners from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Chennai, India), the Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok, Thailand) and the Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources at the United Nations University (UNU-FLORES) , the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TU Dresden and RWTH Aachen University have set up the "Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre".
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The ABCD Centre (named after the first letters of the 4 participating locations in 3 countries on 2 continents) deals with climate adaptation measures in the Global South, particularly in the water sector. A total of 2.8 million Euros is available for the Global Centre from May 2021 to December 2025 (an extension for a further five years until 2030 with a budget of a further 3 million Euros is planned). Scientists will work closely together in three thematic clusters across disciplines:
- Water security, water resource management, safe water supply and water treatment
- Ecosystem resilience and nature-based adaptation measures
- Traditional knowledge, local economies and social acceptance
Partner network of the ABCD Center with the three integrated subject areas and the correlation to the addressed sustainability goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
The new Global Center not only promotes the mobility of early-career researchers and provides scholarships for Master's and doctoral students, but also offers a new joint international degree program on "Water Security and Global Change". In order to effectively counter the effects of the pandemic and further optimize future exchange in research and teaching, great importance will be attached to the implementation and further development of digital formats. Furthermore, a network is to be established with the three other Global Centers for Climate and Environment and with the four Global Centers for Health and Pandemic Preparedness that were established at the same time. The topic of water obviously plays a central role here and the internationally renowned expertise and existing resources of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TU Dresden and the partners involved can be built upon. For example, the existing international degree programs Hydroscience and Engineering and Tropical Forestry at TU Dresden and the degree program "Engineering Geohazards" at RWTH Aachen University will be integrated into the center's training portfolio. The intensive exchange of students, doctoral candidates and lecturers is intended to create an effective network to stimulate further research projects, but also to pave the way for the successful transfer of knowledge and technology with the involvement of business, politics and civil society.
The Hubert Engels Laboratory at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Technical Hydromechanics at TU Dresden enables physical model experiments to be carried out for research and teaching on a wide variety of technical scales, as well as supporting teaching through demonstrations and presentations.
The establishment of the ABCD-Centre will make a significant contribution to the further development of TU Dresden as a global university for the 21st century, contributing to overcoming global challenges with excellent research and innovative teaching.
Farmer in the state of Bihar in Eastern India
DAAD funds Global Research Centre with partners in India and Thailand with 2.8 million euros
The image film of the DAAD programme “Global Centres for Climate and Environment/ Health and Pandemic Prevention” gives you an insight into the programme, its goals and impact and people behind the Centres. © DAAD
The international community continues to face urgent global climate and environmental problems, the importance of which for sustainable development has been further emphasized by the ongoing pandemic. In this context, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is using funding from the Federal Foreign Office to support the establishment of Global Centres for the interdisciplinary networking of science, politics, business and civil society for the effective transfer of research results into practice.
Information on the DAAD funding program Global Centres
The project is funded by the DAAD with funds from the Federal Foreign Office.
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Prof. Jürgen Stamm
Chair of Hydraulic Engineering
Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering
Spokesperson for Construction and Environment
Tel.: 0351 463-34397
Dr. André Lindner
Executive Manager for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone: 0351-463 34899