"Key findings
- Climate change mitigation policies introduced by the European Green Deal, necessary to reduce carbon emissions, will disproportionately affect people in vulnerable situations, particularly those subject to multiple disadvantages because of factors such as gender, age, disability, racial or ethnic background, migrant or socio-economic status.
- While women in general are likely to face disadvantages in the green transition context, some women are particularly vulnerable due to the cumulative effect of various characteristics. This includes women with disabilities, older women and migrant women.
- Current EU ‘just transition' frameworks and related national plans scarcely contain concrete measures to address the effects of gender and intersecting inequalities, although some positive examples can be found in the national Recovery and Resilience Plans of a few countries.
- A genuine commitment to a just transition instead requires adequate funding and targeted measures that support the most vulnerable, taking into account the cumulative effects of multiple disadvantages. Further research and comparable data are necessary to enable us to understand the factors leading to (intersecting) vulnerabilities, which should feed into the design of such measures."

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