Climate variability and change and their health effects in small island states: Information for adaptation planning in the health sector / Kristie L.Ebi, Nancy D. Lewis, Carlos F. Corvalan

Climate variability is the variation around the average climate, including seasonal variations as well as large-scale variations in atmospheric and ocean circulation such as the EI Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Climate change operates over decades or longer. Changes in climate occur as a result of internal variability within the climate system and external