Romania has already been affected byclimate change. The IPCC projections indicate that theclimate will warm up over this century at least in line withglobal projections and precipitation patterns will shift soas to make winters wetter and summers drier. Already, in2007, Romania experienced the warmest year in two decades(average temperature 11.5° C against a 25 year average of8.4° C) and the most severe drought in the last 60 yearswhile in 2005 there were historic floods, which caused 76deaths and significant property damage. The effects of theseextreme weather events adversely affected the countrythrough significant economic loss in agriculture, transport,energy supply, and water management. Consequently,mitigation and adaptation to climate change are increasinglyimportant priorities for Romania. After the introductionchapter, the current situation as well as the CC commitmentsthat Romania has undertaken are presented in chapter two.Chapter three provides the possible good practices thatcould provide inspiration for further reform. A contrast ofthe commitments with the current capacity and the availablegood practices has been substantiated in the analyses ofcapacity gaps that need to be addressed in chapter four. Thenext chapter provides the avenues for breaching those gapsand sustainably building CC capacity in order to ensure thesmooth implementation of the strategy. Project managementand financing is treated separately in chapter six since ithas been an issue of particular concern and difficulty forthe GoR. Finally, chapter seven sets out the basic elementsof a public engagement campaign that will be essential formaking CC a national issue present in the awareness of thepublic authorities, civil society and general public alike.A comprehensive list of the proposed measures and their timehorizons can be found in annex one.
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