Climate changes exert negative impacts on the global environments and the human beings. They imply more frequent extreme weather events, which are responsible of sea level rise, coastal erosion, flooding, droughts, and desertification. Mitigation and adaptation represent intertwined strategies for counteracting climate changes. Mitigation is associated to the lessening of the causes of climate changes and includes actions reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Adaptation is a proactive concept addressing how humans can adapt and benefit from climate change. The mainstreaming and integration of adaptation to climate change into routine practice can be favored by Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of regional policies, plans and programmes. In this study, we aim at scrutinizing a set of SEA reports of regional plans and programmes adopted in Sardinia (Italy), to investigate if -and to what extent- adaptation to climate change has characterized planning and programming tools. Evidence shows that the integration of adaptation-driven issues into regional planning is still in its infancy but presents the signs of promising expansion.

Integrating adaptation to climate change in regional plans and programmes: the role of Strategic Environmental Assessment / Ledda, Antonio; DI CESARE, Elisabetta Anna; Satta, Giovanni; Cocco, Gianluca; DE MONTIS, Andrea. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW. - ISSN 0195-9255. - 91:Numero articolo 106655(2021), pp. 1-9. [10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106655]

Integrating adaptation to climate change in regional plans and programmes: the role of Strategic Environmental Assessment

Antonio Ledda
Formal Analysis
;
Elisabetta Anna Di Cesare
Formal Analysis
;
Andrea De Montis
Conceptualization
2021-01-01

Abstract

Climate changes exert negative impacts on the global environments and the human beings. They imply more frequent extreme weather events, which are responsible of sea level rise, coastal erosion, flooding, droughts, and desertification. Mitigation and adaptation represent intertwined strategies for counteracting climate changes. Mitigation is associated to the lessening of the causes of climate changes and includes actions reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Adaptation is a proactive concept addressing how humans can adapt and benefit from climate change. The mainstreaming and integration of adaptation to climate change into routine practice can be favored by Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of regional policies, plans and programmes. In this study, we aim at scrutinizing a set of SEA reports of regional plans and programmes adopted in Sardinia (Italy), to investigate if -and to what extent- adaptation to climate change has characterized planning and programming tools. Evidence shows that the integration of adaptation-driven issues into regional planning is still in its infancy but presents the signs of promising expansion.
2021
Integrating adaptation to climate change in regional plans and programmes: the role of Strategic Environmental Assessment / Ledda, Antonio; DI CESARE, Elisabetta Anna; Satta, Giovanni; Cocco, Gianluca; DE MONTIS, Andrea. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW. - ISSN 0195-9255. - 91:Numero articolo 106655(2021), pp. 1-9. [10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106655]
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