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.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Building
Energy
Industry
Mobility
Waste Management
City
Mitigation
Energy

Seixal • Raise the awareness of the population about lower energy consumption

The Portuguese municipality of Seixal, south of Lisbon, joined the [...]

2018
City
Circularity
Mitigation
Mobility
Waste Management

Recife • An ambitious climate plan, incorporating the issues of increased vulnerability and the ro...

Selected by ICLEI as a “model city” for its[...]

2018
City
Adaptation
Biodiversity
Mitigation
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Mobility

Quito • Protection of ecosystems to reduce carbon footprint

Quito, one of the capitals most involved in community climate networks, is implementi[...]

2018
City
Adaptation
Mitigation
Energy
Mobility

Cape Town • Making power generation local

Cape Town adopted its new climate strategy in July 2017, Climate Chance Policy, one of the pillars of t[...]

2018
City
Mitigation
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Building
Mobility

Paris • A new climate plan, the result of a wide-ranging consultation

Between 2004 and 2014, the country’s carbon footprint decreased by nearly 1[...]

2018
City
Mitigation
Building
Energy

Nantes metropolis • The renewable heat network enables a drop-in carbon intensity

The Nantes objectives take up the main lines of the European Un[...]

2018
City
Mitigation
Building

Murcia • Successful efforts thanks to energy efficiency

In order to reduce its GHG emissions by 20% by 2020, the Municipality of Murcia has chose[...]

2018
Region
Mitigation
Energy
Mobility

California • Results of electricity decarbonisation

A leader in the United States in terms of climate policy, California has had encouraging resu[...]

2018
Region
Mitigation
Building
Energy
Mobility

Lombardia • All-out focus on energy efficiency

In conjunction with its regional programme for energy and the environment (PEAR), Lombardy is intr[...]

2018
Region
Mitigation
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

Jalisco • The administration sets the example in terms of carbon footprint reduction

Within the framework of its climate policy, the Mexican fede[...]

2018
Region
Mitigation
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

Minas Gerais • Agriculture: A central issue

Following its 2014 Territorial Climate and Energy Plan (PEMC), Minas Gerais - Brazil's third largest [...]

2018
Region
Mitigation

Nouvelle Aquitaine • Bringing stakeholders together and structuring sectors

With the creation in 2016 of the Conseil Permanent de la Transition E[...]

2018
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