Ouranos is a consortium that brings together some 250 scientists and professionals from different disciplines.

It focuses on two main themes:

• Climate Sciences
  • Developing knowledge
  • Providing the simulation data and climate scenarios required for impact and adaptation studies, and processing and validating the results obtained through relevant and adequate hydroclimatic analyses

These functions are broken down into three groups: Climate Simulations, Climate Scenarios and Hydroclimatic Analyses.

• Impacts and Adaptation
  • Quantifying the impacts of climate change on the environment, the public and socio-economic activity
  • Assessing the vulnerabilities of systems
  • Identifying and recommending to decision makers the best approaches for adapting to climate change

Several thematic programs are included in a single “Impacts and Adaptation” group.