STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AIMED AT: SEA practitioners PURPOSE: To show how SEA approaches can help mainstream adaptation to climate change into strategic planning, in order to reduce the hazards, risks and vulnerabilities posed by climate change to systems and populations. GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: Global TECHNICAL AREA: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) BASIC STRUCTURE: A well- performed SEA can fulfill one or more of the following functions in relation to climate change adaptation: (i) an independent analysis of the likely performance of existing or new Policies, Plans Programmes prepared without reference to climate change in light of new climate change predictions (effectively a form of climate proofing); (ii) an integrated planning and assessment process designed both to generate and test the response of PPP options to different climate scenarios, which are actively explored as part of the SEA; and (iii) a study process focusing entirely on predicting and quantifying the likely effects of climate change itself within a given area. The extent to which climate change considerations can be incorporated into an SEA, the level of detail required in the SEA process, and the relevance of the various questions outlined below, will depend on the entry point and the development activities and processes.
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