This Plan serves as a policy instrument for the planning and management of water. It is articulated in consideration of other national policies, such as those concerning climate change.
Its objectives are:
Its objectives are:
- Water for a sustainable development;
- Access to water and sanitation as a human right;
- Flood and drought risk management.
The last objective concerns the prevention, mitigation and adaptation to extreme weather events and climate change, incorporating a risk management approach.
The Plan dedicates a whole chapter to climate change and variability and sets out recommendations, the main ones being:
- Quantify and reduce uncertainties by improving "hydro-climatic knowledge";
- Identify technological interventions and infrastructures; and
- Identify policy interventions and institutional arrangements.
