Outlook on climate change adaptation

Adaptation measures addressing key hazards, vulnerabilities and risks

Gender and social inclusion policies For efficient and comprehensive adaptation to climate change, all stakeholders must be engaged in the planning and implementation of adaptation measures, including women and other vulnerable groups. While gender equality is still a significant issue in the Carpathians, there are some examples of efforts that address women’s concerns for climate change adaptation. Serbia addresses this issue with recommendations for the improvement of gender equality in the document Gender and Climate Change in the Republic of Serbia developed by the United Nations Development Program (Muric, 2015). In Romania, gender equality is also considered in the 2014-2020 National Rural Development Program by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elderly (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Romania, 2014). However, gender mainstreaming is generally not properly addressed in the Carpathian countries’ policies and strategies. Addressing the needs of other vulnerable stakeholders, such as ethnic minorities and low-income groups is increasingly prioritized by national and sub-regional governments. For example, the Hungarian National Social Inclusion Strategy 2011–2020 provides a framework for implementing the social inclusion objectives defined

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in the Government Programme focusing on extreme poverty, child poverty and social issues facing Roma people. Another example is the National Strategy for Roma in Slovakia has been developed by the Office of

the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic and addresses the challenges associated with the social inclusion of Roma communities up to 2020.

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