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BMU Brochure
Combating Climate Change

The German Adaptation Strategy

The climate is changing worldwide - and so are our living conditions. If we do not succeed in slowing the pace of global climate change, experts expect far-reaching consequences for the environment, society and the economy.

To minimise the adverse effects, we first need to step up climate protection. Secondly, we need to take precautions in the form of adaptation: the adverse effects of foreseeable changes on society and nature should be kept to a minimum. There is an inextricable connection between climate protection and adaptation: they are two sides of the same coin, and form the two pillars on which Germanys climate policy is built.

A structured process of this kind is what the Federal Government is seeking to promote in the German Adaptation Strategy (DAS). The Federal Government sees the German Adaptation Strategy as a medium-term process in which the federal, länder and local authorities and many other actors in society join forces to identify where what action is needed to prevent adverse effects in the future. It is then to be taken as a basis for developing and implementing specific measures.