The strategy defines measurable goals for climate adaptation in Germany, a total of 33 goals and 45 sub-goals. Most goals are to be achieved by 2030, some by 2050. The objectives are assigned indicators to measure the achievement of objectives. The following applies: No additional bureaucratic burdens or reporting obligations will be created for citizens or companies.
The objectives are assigned to seven clusters that reflect the entire range of adaptation and prevention:
- Infrastructure
- Land and land use
- human health and care
- Urban development, spatial planning and civil protection
- Water
- ECONOMICS
- Cross-cluster topics
The strategy aims to strengthen the resilience, i.e. the resilience, of the landscape water balance – this means above all, to restore the ability of the landscape to store water. This requires, among other things, as many unsealed surfaces as possible that can absorb water and healthy, loose soils that can store the water for a long time. This is a sub-goal to the goal of "Preserving available water resources in the long term".
The Adaptation Action Plan IV (APA IV) (Annex 2 to the Strategy) implements the Climate Adaptation Strategy 2024 and defines the measures with which the Federal Government is driving forward Germany's adaptation to climate change and how it is supporting responsible stakeholders in the implementation of measures. It presents the federal government's current and future measures for adapting to the climate impacts.
