This document provides information about Anthropic Institute of Technology (AIT) and its research focus on sustainable development in the context of climate change. It outlines AIT's vision to be a leading regional institution for technology, management, and societal development education and research. AIT's mission is to develop professionals to play a leading role in sustainable regional development and global economic integration. The document describes AIT's research structure and priorities, including key thematic areas of disaster risk management, sustainable land and water resources management, green business models, urban/rural sustainability, and low-carbon technologies. It provides examples of AIT research projects in climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies and partnerships with government agencies and international organizations.

1. Anil Kumar Anal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology
E-mail: anilkumar@ait.ac.th; anil.anal@gmail.com
Your Resource and Partner for
Sustainable Development
Inception & Planning Workshop_
SRI-LMB
AIT
9 April 2013

2. VISION
AIT strives to become
a leading and a unique regional multicultural
institution of higher learning, offering state of
the art education, research and training in
technology, management and societal
development.
•position itself as a regional hub
•a leading developer and provider of technical
and managerial manpower
•become a leading developer and provider of
highly qualified researchers and faculties.

3. To develop highly qualified and
committed professionals who will
play a leading role in the
sustainable development of the
region and its integration into the
global economy
MISSION

4. Advanced
Technology
Appropriate
Technology
AIT
Local Bridging
Program
Regional
Research
World Wide
Partnership
AIT: REGIONAL HUB
SOCIETY
MUTUAL COLLABORATION

5. CHARACTERISTICS
• Focus on Postgraduate education with
strong research emphasis
• Internationality with an Asian
orientation
• Interdisciplinary, agile academics
• Real-life development problems &
industrial practice
• Capacity building for sustainable
development
• Orientation towards professions
• Global network of partners (top
international universities & research
institutes)

6. SOME AIT PARTNERS:
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
• Royal Thai Government (RTG), Thailand
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Sweden
• Finnish International Development Agency (FINNIDA), Finland
• Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
• Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affair, (NMFA)
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea
• Government of Japan
• Netherlands Ministry for Development Corporations, Netherlands
• Ministry of Human Resource Development, India
• Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan
• Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Vietnam
• Government of Philippines
• Ministry of Science and Technology, (MOST), Nepal
• Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia

7. SOME AIT PARTNERS: INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS/FOUNDATIONS
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
• European Commission (EC)
• Ford Foundation
• International Development Research Centre (IDRC),
• Open Society Institutes
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Starr Foundation
• The MacArthur Foundation
• United Nations: UNEP, UNESCO, UN ESCAP, FAO
• World Bank (WB)
• World Wide Fund (WWF)

8. ACADEMIC STRUCTURE
School of
Engineering
andTechnology
(SET)
AIT
EXTENSION
AIT CENTERS
Vietnam
Indonesia
School of
Environment,
Resources and
Development
(SERD)
School of
Management
(SOM)

9. Research at AIT
Sustainable Development in the context of Climate Change
Research at AIT has been consolidated under thrust area with creation
of a center of excellence on “Sustainable Development in the Context of
Climate Change” (SDCC)

10. Sustainable Development in the context of
Climate Change
Based on :
 Considerable experience in the region
 Working in the area of sustainable development for more
than three decades
 Consolidating this research for Climate Change under
broader umbrella of Sustainable Development to create niche
for ourselves.
 A core critical mass of faculty and staff strength in the
thematic area.
 Endorsed by various donor agencies and stakeholders
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11. Broad Climate Change areas at AIT
 Climate Science – study of vulnerable areas
using GIS and RS, disaster preparedness, air quality
monitoring and modeling, etc.
 Adaptation – e.g.. major problems in the coastal
areas and islands as well as in agriculture
production of Asia, urban, rural and coastal areas,
etc.
 Mitigation – renewable energy and carbon
neutral economies, etc.
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12. AIT-Research strategy (2012-2016)
 Overall objective: “To significantly increase, by 2016, AIT’s
contribution towards sustainable development of Asia and
beyond through participatory research in relation to climate
change, and, implementation of applications to address real life
challenges and fill knowledge gaps”.
 Strategic principles:The four Strategic principles of the AIT
Research Strategy (2012-2016) are :
1. Research Focus
2. Research Quality
3. Quality Collaboration in Research
4. Research Resource Mobilization
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13. Research Thematic Areas of AIT
Research focus areas of AIT under the platform of
“Sustainable Development in the context of
Climate Change (SDCC)”.
1. Disaster Risk Management
2. Sustainable Land and Water Resources
Management
3. Business and Innovation Models for a Green
Economy
4. Urban and Rural Quality of Life and Sustainability
5. Low Carbon, Sustainable Production &
Consumption Technologies & Management
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14. Disaster Risk management
1. Disaster Risk Assessment
– Probabilistic risk assessment
– Multi-hazard risk assessment in the context of cumulative environmental
impacts
– Environmental and Health Risks
– Drought Risk Assessment
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2. Disaster Management
– Preparedness, (Prospective/corrective/compensatory risk management)
– Response (Scenario analysis,Applications of Information and Communications
Technology for emergency response)
– Recovery (Damage and need assessment, etc)
– Ecosystem-based risk management
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Sub – thematic areas

15. Sustainable Land and Water Resources
Management
1. Future climate and water resources
2. Forestry and land management
3. Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM)
4. Sustainable agriculture and aquaculture
intensification
5. Integrated coastal management
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Sub – thematic areas

16. Business and Innovation Models for a
Green Economy
1. Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in
Business
2. Climate Change Policy and Corporate Compliance
3. Social responsibility, Behavioral Change and Social
Impact
4. Innovation in Green Products and Services
5. Technology needs assessment and transfer
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Sub – thematic areas

17. Urban and Rural Quality of Life and
Sustainability
1. Poverty, food security and sustainable
livelihoods
2. Eco-cities, Infrastructure and transport
3. Human security, social equity and gender
4. Information and communication technologies
for sustainable development (ICT4D)
5. Governance viz. a viz. urban and rural changes
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Sub – thematic areas

18. Low Carbon and sustainable Production and
consumptionTechnologies and Management
1. Green house gas mitigation
2. Energy access and security
3. Sustainable energy sources and access to energy
4. Urban solid waste management
5. Non- hazardous industrial waste management for
energy intensive industries and processes
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Sub – thematic areas

19. AIT Research Projects-Mitigation
Technologies for mitigation of greenhouse gas emission
 Power sector
 Transport sector
 Small and medium industries
Barriers to promote clean coal technologies and energy
efficient technologies
 Power sector
 Transport sector
 Small and medium industries
Promoting selected mature/nearly mature renewable
energy technologies.
 Cook stoves efficiency improvement
 Briquette-fired Stoves
 Low cost PV system components
 Solar, biomass and hybrid dryers 19

20. AIT Research Projects-Adaptation
Sector of Research in AIT Adaptation
 Agriculture
 Water Resources
 Coastal Zone Management
Several Centers within AIT working with Adaptation
Projects:
 CoE SDCC
 The Wetland Alliance
 Water Center
 CSR Asia
Some Adaptation research in AIT:
 Climate Change and System Rice Intensification (SRI)
 Sustainable Wetland Management Lower Mekong
Countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR andVietnam)
 Various research on water resources management
throughout Asia
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21. related project (Contd)
 Assessment of Co-Benefits on air Quality and climate resulted from various
control strategies in southeast Asia
 LICORICE (Life Cycle Assessment of Cotton and Rice)
Production of Bio-ethanol and Biomaterials from Oil Palm Biomass:A study of
Feedstock Sustainability,Technological Efficiency and Social Applicability.
 Sustainability Issues Due to Coal Ash From Coal Fired Power Plants
 Action towards Resource-efficient and Low Carbon Cities in Asia” program -
French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) , May 2011
 Integrated Sustainable Solid waste Management in Asia
 Air quality and climate impacts of Switching to Natural Gas fueled Public
TransportationVehicles in Bangkok

22. Contd..
 The Asia-Pacific Climate change Adaptation Forum
(Adaptation Forum 2010) -UNEP, Institute for Global
Environment Strategies (IGES), AIT/UNEP RRC.AP, Asian
Development Bank (ADB) in partnership with other key
actors in the region.
 The UNEP Risoe Centre (URC), Denmark engaged the
Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development in the
context of Climate change (SDCC), AIT, for implementing
Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) in developing Asian
countries.
 Thailand’s Institutional and policy landscape on climate
change Mitigation

23. Research at AIT
Sustainable development in the context of Climate Change
High Tech Research Areas
(EXAMPLES)
Robotics and Sensor Networks for Intelligent
Environment
MECHATRONICS, MICRELECTRONICS and
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Bioprocess Technology for Sustainable Food
Production and Green Technology
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24. Research at AIT
Sustainable development in the context of Climate Change
Research Strengths
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Inter-cross disciplinary
• Technology
• Socio-economic aspects
• Managerial aspects
• Policy development
.
• Public sector
• Private sector
• Development agencies
• Government consultations.
• Intimate knowledge of region
• Strong network of collaborators and
partners
Various Centers at AIT for
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

25.  “ ….Either we are going to rise to the level of leadership,
innovation and collaboration that is required or
everybody is going to lose – big. Just coasting along and
doing the same old things is not an option any longer.”
Thomas L. Friedman
in :“Hot, Flat and Crowded”
Three time Pulitzer Prize-
Winning Author
Research at AIT
Sustainable development in the context of Climate Change

26. THANK YOU
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