Case studies and Trends in action

Throughout the year, the Observatory publishes case studies and trends in action, addressing issues of mitigation, adaptation, circularity, biodiversity, water and climate finance at the international, national, regional and local levels, and at the crossroads of national policies and non-state actions.

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

Building

Energy

Industry

Mobility

Waste Management

Izmir • Progress rewarded at regional level

Achieving the objectives of the 2014-2023 regional plan established by the Izmir Development Agency r[...]

Helsinki • Major progress undermined by heating needs

With a 24% reduction in overall emissions in 2017 and a 42% reduction in emissions/capita f[...]

Freiburg im Breisgau • An action plan to renew?

The implementation of its "Klimaschutzkonzept", mainly focused on the building and transport sect[...]

Dakar • A first step taken to mobilize civil society

Dakar is the second most polluted capital in Africa with a level of fine particles seven tim[...]

Copenhague • To become the first carbon neutral city

In 2012, the city council adopted its climate plan, the CPH Climate Plan 2025. This plan, wh[...]

Calgary • An integrated, multi-level climate plan

Despite a decline since 2014, Calgary's emissions are 16.5% higher than in 2005 and reach 18.5 [...]

Accra • Towards carbon neutrality by 2050

Accra's GHG emissions were about 2.57 MtCO2 in 2015, or less than one tonne per capita, well below the [...]

Hong Kong • Gasification of the electric mix

With the ambition to reduce its carbon intensity by 50% in 2020 compared to 2005, HK is tackling its[...]

Québec • The Cap-and-Trade emissions allowances system at the heart of the strategy

The Canadian province of Quebec is now seeing its efforts in[...]

Aviation • Efforts are still in the state of experimentation

This paper presents air transport's two major characteristics: a strong growth in em[...]

Maritime • New initiatives in international maritime transport

Rapidly evolving over the past decade, international maritime transport contribute[...]

Carbon capture and sequestration • A solution that is struggling to materialise

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) prevents the release of gr[...]

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