Key sectors

Water resources

In the latest decades, climate changes identified both at the global level and at the regional / local level have significant effects on water resources...

Forestry

Forests constitute one of Romania's important resources, providing a varied range of ecosystem services...

Biodiversity and ecosystem services

Climate change generally exerts a negative impact on the health of ecosystems, influencing the habitats of species, their composition...

Population, public health and air quality

The impact of climate change on public health is multiple: though thermal stress caused by heat waves...

Education and awareness

Education and public awareness is a key component in responding to today’s complex societal and environmental challenges related to climate change...

Cultural heritage

Climate change has complex effects on cultural and natural heritage sites, and expected changes in climate factors will lead to...

Urban systems

Urban systems represent the largest concentration of population, assets and infrastructure vulnerable to climate change..

Agriculture and rural development

In Romania, agriculture has a particularly important status, being one of the priority branches of material production...

Energy

Climate change affects the energy sector in terms of production, as well as in terms of energy transport, distribution and supply conditions...

Transport

The impact of climate change in the Transport sector is generated by extreme weather phenomena, such as increased precipitation, extreme winds, floods and heat waves...

Tourism and recreational activities

Climate change can radically influence tourism activity, changing tourist destinations and the structure of seasonal demand...

Industry

Romania's industry is differentially affected by the variability of the climatic parameters, such as temperature, liquid and solid precipitation, relative air humidity...

Insurance

The impact of climate change is already visible in the insurance sector, resulting in increased costs of damages and losses caused by extreme weather events...