The SEA (under SEA Directive Annex I (g)) offers the possibility for
developing measures with the aid of which considerable negative
environmental impacts, and hence also considerable greenhouse-gas
and CO2 emissions, can be prevented, reduced or compensated. Thus,
if it appears that a plan or programme will fall considerably short of
accomplishing its goal of meeting a regionalised or local climate
protection target, the SEA Directive permits the development of
appropriate protection and compensation measures.