According to the European Commission (EC White Paper 2009), strategy of tackling climate change ought to be developed in two different directions:

• a reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions with the target of slowing down global warming in the long-run (mitigation actions);
• an increase in the resilience of human activities and ecosystems to prevent or minimize the unavoidable impacts in the short-run (adaptation actions)

In this framework, through reviewing the international literature, in this paper seven case studies were analysed. 

1. The European Alp territory - Climate Change Adaptation at the local level in the Alps
2. Sidney (Australia) - Adapting to climate change through local municipal planning: barriers and challenges
3. Mongolia - Climate adaptation, local institutions, and rural livelihoods
4. Kyrgyzstan - Improving the Sustainability of Pasture Use
5. Ifad cases: Climate change and pasture restoration from Sudan, Morocco, Lesotho, Nigeria, Yemen, and Kyrgyzstan
6. United Kingdom: A net zero framework for local government
7. FAO: “Tackling Climate Change through Livestock: A global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities

These study cases were analysed through four special lens:
1) Context
2) Governance
3) Strategies, Planning
4) Cross cutting issues

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