Climate Adaptation
We study how people, places, and nature can adapt to climate change; finding practical ways to protect what matters in a warming world.
Climate Impacts and Adaptation
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Overview
CCS faculty are working on models and decision frameworks that address the climatic and socioeconomic diversity of Indian landscapes. Their research has been carried out at various spatial scales, ranging from all-India to plot scale studies, with a balance between urban and rural regions. The research groups in Centre for Climate Studies choose problems across different scales that are either overlooked or are proving to be the bottleneck in our current understanding of climate.
Sub-Research Area
Disaster Risk Management
The researchers at the centre have led efforts to enable the use of climate information for disaster management, quantification of risk related to climate extremes, and climate-resilient infrastructure. They have been involved in national-level initiatives, such as the development of an early warning flood forecasting system for Chennai that required interdisciplinary efforts across meteorology, hydrology, and ocean engineering. An in-house physics-based glacial model has been developed and used to identify potential sites for glacial lake formation.
Sub-Research Area
Coastal Risk Maps
Quantification of coastal hazards and vulnerability to sea level rise is a key focus for our researchers. A novel wind drag method for storm wave and surge modeling has been developed to address intensified cyclones.
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Drought Risk Quantification
Country-wide drought risk assessment and copula-based drought risk projection under a changing climate are significant areas of study for CCS faculty.
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Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure
CCS faculty are working on models and decision frameworks that address the climatic and socioeconomic diversity of Indian landscapes. Novel water distribution systems that balance resilience and sustainability, hybrid wastewater treatment systems, desalination technology, and advanced materials for carbon fixation are being developed to achieve resilience and sustainability of urban water infrastructure. An Earth Lab is being set up with the overarching goal of making the IITB campus net zero in energy by 2030.
Sub-Research Area
Climate-Smart Irrigation Water Management
An interdisciplinary initiative has been undertaken to enable climate-smart irrigation water management, addressing the challenge of a scale mismatch between farm decisions and remotely sensed soil moisture data. The study on the Gangetic Plains highlighted the non-crucial role of irrigation in the attenuation of hot extremes by irrigation activities during pre-monsoon season.
Sub-Research Area
Early Warning Flood Forecast Systems
National-level initiatives, such as the development of an early warning flood forecasting system for Chennai, have been spearheaded by CCS researchers, requiring interdisciplinary efforts across meteorology, hydrology, and ocean engineering. Research has been carried out at various spatial scales, ranging from all-India to plot scale studies, with a balance between urban and rural regions. Model representativeness for Indian conditions has been improved by developing novel process routines considering India-based datasets.
Research Groups
Explore faculties working in the field of climate impacts and adaptation
Assistant Professor My research interests are in evolutionary theory, vegetation modelling, and climate change. My current work focuses on developing eco-evolutionary vegetation models to understand the role of biodiversity and adaptation in forest responses to climate change. Associate Professor TBU Professor TBU Assistant Professor TBU Associate Professor TBU Professor Prof. Reddy works in the domain of water resources systems with extensive research and practical applications of reservoir operation, water distribution systems, irrigation water management, floods and droughts management, Hydrological modelling and forecasting, climate change impacts on water and agriculture; Developing tools/techniques to support the planning and management of large-scale water/environmental systems. Professor TBU Associate Professor TBU Associate Professor Dr. Pradip Kalbar, PhD from IIT Bombay, is the Vijay and Sita Vashee Chair in Climate and Sustainability at IIT Bombay, with expertise in water systems, urban waste, and environmental sustainability. He has received multiple awards, published widely, advised national policy through the Ministry of Jal Shakti, and serves on key water sector committees and as Editor of Water Reuse (IWA Publishing). Associate Professor TBU Professor TBU Professor TBU Professor Prof. Trupti Mishra, Professor of Economics at SJMSOM and Associate Faculty at the Climate Studies program, IIT Bombay, focuses on the intersection of economy and environment, with expertise in climate policy, sustainability, and circular economy. With nearly two decades of research and teaching, she actively collaborates with industry, government, and think tanks to evaluate and inform climate responses and environmental governance.
Jaideep Joshi
Arpita Mondal
D Parthasarathy
Eswar Rajasekaran
Indu J
Janga Reddy M.
K Narayanan
Pennan Chinnasamy
Pradip Kalbar
Riddhi Singh
Subhankar Karmakar
T. I. Eldho
Trupti Mishra