Our future development is limited and constrained by the growing population, the depletion of natural resources and global climate change. Therefore we must seek growth in a sustainable manner for the further development of society. Sustainable development requires active and knowledgeable citizens and caring and informed decision makers capable of making the right choices about the complex and interrelated economic, social and environmental issues faced by human society. In India, research on climate change is highly unidirectional and unexplored. There is also a lack of interdisciplinary approach to overcome this problem. It is much needed to apply an interdisciplinary approach to understand the impacts of climate change and to develop mitigation strategy particularly in reference to the Indian scenario. This is also an integral part of the sustainable development and planning of different countries.
In recent years, India, as a rapidly developing nation, is emerged to play a key role in climate change research. Suresh Gyan Vihar University, an institution of excellence and prominence made a diverse group of researchers, should contribute and make a collective effort to actively pursue climate change scenarios in India. The Centre for Climate Change and Water Research (C3WR) has been established in the Suresh Gyan Vihar University. The centre will cover education about climate change and sustainable development (developing an awareness of problem) and research (using Geoinformatics as a tool to achieve solution). The centre will be dedicated to a better understanding of critical scientific and social issues related to climate change and sustainable development goals through guided research.
The centre promotes multi-disciplinary research approach including earth sciences, forestry, agriculture, water resources, atmospheric sciences, physics, engineering etc. The centre will be engage in various research activities ranging from understanding of atmospheric phenomena, climate simulation models, paleoclimate reconstruction, linkage between climate and river basin dynamics, flood hazards, impact on climate on hydrologic cycle and water resources and economic impact of climate change. The major objective of setting up this center is to initiate a multi-disciplinary approach to understand the dominating functions of climate change and respond of earth’s terrestrial system and then to develop India-centric strategies for mitigation and adaptation. C3WR has grown into one of the premier centres in the country working in the frontier area of Geo-informatics and sustainable development.
