Government of Tamil Nadu initiated exclusive climate change research center the “Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research (now renamed as Centre for Climate Change and Disaster Management (CCCDM) Anna University for the first time in the country to strengthen understanding of climate change and our capacity to manage and adapt to it. CCCDM is the first and lone Centre in Tamil Nadu functioning exclusively to address the climate issues through research activities. CCCDM engaged in developing regional climate scenario using Regional Climate Models (RCM), sectoral impact and vulnerability assessments in water, agriculture, coastal, forest, health, and urban sector and framing suitable adaptation strategies based on of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenarios.