The (lacking) role of SEA within local energy and climate planning - Pathways forward. Advances in European SEA and strategic planning

• The recent upsurge in voluntary local energy and climate planning is generally appraised. Nevertheless, as these plans are produced informally, SEA legislation does not apply. Findings concerning Swedish energy planning point towards that SEA often is lacking even when the directive does apply, due to lack of knowledge and the conviction that these plans are sustainable ‘by default’. Thus, many energy and climate plans may miss procedural and substantive benefits of SEA, for example to highlight interactions between pathways for decarbonisation and other sustainability objectives. This paper raises questions concerning current energy and climate planning practices and discuss pathways forward.  

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Land and Water Resources Engineering

Mark- och vattenteknik

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