全球變化的減緩和適應戰略涉及廣泛的及時環境，經濟和能源主題，包括全球氣候變化，平流層臭氧消耗，酸沉降，陸地和水生生態系統的富營養化，物種滅絕和生物多樣性喪失，森林砍伐和森林退化 ，荒漠化，土壤資源退化，土地利用變化，海平面上升，沿海地區遭到破壞，淡水和海洋漁業枯竭，濕地和河岸帶的喪失以及危險廢物管理。該期刊提供了一個論壇，用于審查，分析和促進區域，國家和全球范圍內減緩和適應戰略的制定，測試和實施。 該期刊的一個主要目標是在討論和公布國家和國際政策和協議時，為實時政策分析和發展做出貢獻。

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change addresses a wide range of timely environment, economic and energy topics including global climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, acid deposition, eutrophication of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, species extinction and loss of biological diversity, deforestation and forest degradation, desertification, soil resource degradation, land-use change, sea level rise, destruction of coastal zones, depletion of fresh water and marine fisheries, loss of wetlands and riparian zones and hazardous waste management.The journal provides a forum to review, analyze and stimulate the development, testing and implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies at regional, national and global scales. One primary goal of this journal is to contribute to real-time policy analysis and development as national and international policies and agreements are discussed and promulgated.