What changed

L. whereas mechanisms for funding adaptation measures to address loss and damage or climate-induced displacement will be more effective if women, including grass-rootsgrass roots women, are able to fully participate in design process, decision-making and implementation; whereas taking women’s knowledge, including local and indigenous knowledge, into account can lead to advances in disaster management, boost biodiversity, improve water management, enhance food security, prevent desertification, protect forests, ensure a swift transition to renewable energy technologies and support public health;

9. Regrets the fact that the 2013 strategy fails to properly address the urgency of implementing adaptation measures; callswelcomes forthe strengthened governance for action on adaptation as part of the European Climate Law, and calls for the new strategy,strategy to include binding and quantifiable goals both at EU and Member State level, the identification of priority areas and investment needs, including an assessment of the extent to which EU investments contribute to reducing the overall climate vulnerability of the Union, a more frequent review process, with clear goals, a proper assessment, and indicators informed by the latest science to measure progress in its implementation; recognises the need to keep measures and plans continuously up-to-date in an unprecedented changing world; therefore calls on the Commission to regularly review and update the new strategy in line with the relevant provisions of the European Climate Law;