The Climate Adaptation Strategy lays forth specific goals that must be accomplished by the end of December 2016 and is to be revised every five years.
The National Adaptation Strategy offers in-depth information on past, present, and future climate change as well as impacts and vulnerabilities of various sectors, such as water resources, desertification, soil degradation, and drought; hydrogeological risks; biodiversity and ecosystems; health; forestry; agriculture, aquaculture, and marine fishery; energy; coastal zones; tourism; urban settlements; and critical infrastructures.
The Strategy offers a national perspective on how to manage the effects of climate change on various socioeconomic sectors and ecological systems, with a focus on:
improve current knowledge on climate change and its impacts;

identify vulnerabilities and adaptation options for relevant natural and socio-economic systems, and describe opportunities that may be associated to climate change;

promote participation of stakeholders in defining strategies and sectoral adaptation plans to make later implementation more effective;

increase awareness about climate change risks and adaptation through a range of communication activities;

specify methods to be used to identify the best options for adaptation actions, also highlighting the co-benefits.

The Strategy establishes the overarching framework for adaptation, but the Action Plan and sectoral plans, which must be implemented by December 2016, will include the timescale, quantifiable goals, and implementation specifics.
The National Adaptation Strategy also includes areas like as energy and green buildings, food production and consumption, forestry and land-use, and water resources where synergies between climate mitigation and adaptation efforts could be utilized.