Climate changes exert negative impacts on global environments and 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 with the lessening of the causes of climate changes and includes actions for 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 favoured by strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of regional policies, plans, and programmes. In this study, the authors 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.
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