The Centre for Water and Climate Adaptation (CWCA), Water Engineering and Management (WEM) program at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, along with its collaborators, kicks off a project on “Water resources risk and Countermeasure for sustainable development under changing environment in the Pan Qinghai Tibetan Plateau” virtually on 11th May 2023. The Pan Qinghai Tibetan Plateau (PQTP) is also known as the “Third Pole of the World.”
The main purpose of the kick-off meeting was to introduce the project and its expected outcomes and present the implementation plans to achieve the project objectives. Prof. Mukand S. Babel, CWCA/WEM/AIT, will be leading the project as Principal Investigator (PI) from AIT, whereas Dr. Mohana Sundaram and Dr. Dibesh Khadka will also represent AIT as collaborators on the project. The project’s key goals are to enhance the understanding and knowledge base of climate change and to improve the resiliency and disaster preparedness of communities and ecosystems to climate change. It also aims to promote cooperation among collaborating countries to share knowledge and action against climate change.
The project, funded by the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), will be jointly implemented by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand; Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China; Institute of Water Problems, Hydropower and Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Tajikistan; Institute of Geology, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR), Kygyz Republic; and Department of Space Science, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
