Is it climate variability or climate change? The adaptation dilemma

Climate change refers to changes in the characteristics of the climate system that persist over an extended period of time, typically decades or longer. On the other hand, climate variability is defined as the deviations in the mean state and other climatic statistics over a given period when compared to long-term statistics.

Professor Taha Ouarda from the National Institute for Scientific Research (INRS) University of Quebec, Canada will speak about proposed engineering adaptation strategies to climate variability and change and present a few examples.

A Global Water Institute Seminar.