What is climate resilience?

• A. The ability to anticipate, cope with, and recover from climate impacts; strategies include flood defense, drought tolerant crops.
• B. The capacity to predict weather with 100% accuracy.
• C. A measure of yearly rainfall.
• D. A form of CO2 sequestration.

Answer: (A)

Climate resilience means a system—whether a community, infrastructure, or ecosystem—being prepared for climate-related shocks and stresses, able to absorb disturbances, adapt to changing conditions, and recover quickly after impacts. It covers anticipating potential threats, reducing vulnerabilities, and implementing actions that keep functioning under stress. That’s why the description that includes anticipating, coping with, and recovering from climate impacts fits best, with concrete strategies like flood defenses or drought-tolerant crops showing how resilience is built in practice. Other options don’t fit because predicting weather with perfect accuracy isn’t realistic and resilience isn’t simply a measure of rainfall or a form of CO2 capture; those describe forecasting, a meteorological statistic, and a mitigation activity, respectively, not resilience.