Climate, Water and Society cluster (CWS)

We aim to generate new knowledge that improves our understanding and ability to predict climate and water resources in a changing global environment. We take a systems approach linking an in-depth understanding of physical, chemical, biological and social processes across scales to help to preserve and restore environmental systems, to understand hydro-social relations, and to provide ecosystem and climate services for differentiated groups within society.

Composition

The cluster CWS consists of the following chair groups:

• Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management (AEW)
• Environmental Systems Analysis (ESA)
• Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management (HWM)
• Meteorology and Air Quality (MAQ)
• Water Resources Management (WRM)
• Water Systems and Global Change (WSG)