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JU
GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAMME
Keeping in view the importance of global change issues for a developing country like India, Jadavpur University launched a research programme in 2001 with the aim to provide scientists, professionals particularly in government, industry and the like with an in depth understanding of the issues surrounding global change and its impact on various sectors. The whole programme is oriented towards policy making and its implementation and focuses on studies on human dimensions and help in capacity building.
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Uniqueness of the Programme
The whole programme is oriented towards policy making and implementation. In India for the first time such a comprehensive effort in the area of global change related issues has been taken up at the university level. Many research institutions so far for the past few years have concentrated on climate change issues only. But the most needed comprehensive effort which will strengthen understanding through research, teaching, outreach activities, policy formulation, and general awareness is something of a new dimension. The basic background material comes from intensive and extensive research but targeted at direct implementation for international negotiation and national policy formulation and implementation. The stronger point of this programme is the focus on studies on human dimensions and economic assessment of impact on the society at large.
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